About the Prime Z370-P

[Grijander]

Hello.

I bought my new gaming rig few days ago: i5 8600k, 16GB RAM 3000MHz, Asus Prime Z370-P and GTX 1070. But I'm concerned, since I have been reading bad reviews about the Z370-P.

I'm not planning on doing hardcore overclocking to my CPU, maybe a mild-medium one (4.5 or 4.6 GHz). Will this motherboard give me any problems with that kind of OC?

Thank you in advance.

 

[zyh1987]

No, 8600k should not give you much issue with power delivery. I doubt the power draw is more than a stock 8700k at 4.5 -4.6 oc, unless you maxed out the voltage at 1.4 for these type of oc.

 

[Grijander]

So I will be okay with this motherboard? I have been reading things about VRMs and such, and man, I got really concerned, I thought I made an extremely bad decission by buying the Prime Z370-P.

Currently I have set the core clocks at 4.5 GHz, with vcore of 1.18 and I have disabled the Asus Enhancement thing.

 

[zyh1987]

No problem, your vrm should be able to handle that with ease.

 

[zyh1987]

I think there was a test done by der8auer where he uses a budget motherboard, all board can hit 5.0 with 8600k in a open bench setup.

 

[Grijander]

Thank you very much, zyh. Currently I have decided to push it a little bit, and I have OCed it up to 4.6GHz (vcore to 1.18 and LLC to level 3, no offset voltage). I'm running prime 95 and temps seems to be stable between 60-70 celsius, which sounds pretty good for me.

 

[Grijander]

I think there was a test done by der8auer where he uses a budget motherboard, all board can hit 5.0 with 8600k in a open bench setup.

And yes you are right, I saw that video, it was really interesting. I didn't know that guy, he is really brilliant.

 

[zyh1987]

He is one of the best exetreme overclocker in the world.