News Asus creates motherboard specifically for overclocking Chinese CPUs — boosts homegrown KX-7000 clocks by 25%

[Admin]

China's latest KX-7000 was tested against the Core i5-7500, Core i7-7700K and Ryzen 7 1700X and found to have performance very similar to the i5-7500.

Asus creates motherboard specifically for overclocking Chinese CPUs — boosts homegrown KX-7000 clocks by 25% : Read more

 

[artk2219]

That's a huge improvement over the 6000 series, depending on if they can be found for a reasonable price, it'd be nice to get one to play around with in the future.

 

[ThomasKinsley]

Is it fast? Not really. Is it viable? Oh yeah. This chip can run modern programs with no problem. The only struggle will be with video and photo editing, but this can be overcome with cloud services. This could be a defining moment for China's tech sector.

 

[Notton]

TH should try and get their hands on one of these.
25% overclock sounds like a fun project.