News Overclock Away: Intel Offers Insurance for Unlocked 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs

[Admin]

Intel is now offering its Performance Tuning Protection Plan for the latest unlocked 10th Generation Comet Lake processors.

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[ThatMouse]

Seriously? How is Intel going to tell you overclocked it? You get a 3 year warranty included. Paying for PTPP does not extend the warranty. The CPU is designed to shutdown if you try to overclock it too much, so if it burns it's still technically a faulty CPU and it's not like they can turn it on and get a log of what happened.

 

[gg83]

Why hasn't Intel bumped up memory speeds past 3000mhz? Maybe with 14nm there is no real benefit from going that high?

 

[cyrusfox]

Seriously? How is Intel going to tell you overclocked it? You get a 3 year warranty included. Paying for PTPP does not extend the warranty. The CPU is designed to shutdown if you try to overclock it too much, so if it burns it's still technically a faulty CPU and it's not like they can turn it on and get a log of what happened.

THey could tell, if they added a fuse that blows when clock multiplier is moved outside turbo configuration, would be really easy to check during the RMA process. Will they likely enforce it, no. The warranty is nice and can be purchased after acquiring the CPU if you want to start pushing it rather hard, and at $20, very reasonable.
CPU will let you melt it with voltage, you could overvolt this and definitely kill it in minutes compared to the 3+year life span it is rated for at nominal voltage. Heat isn't what kills its higher voltage breaking things down.

 

[Suiton20]

Why hasn't Intel bumped up memory speeds past 3000mhz? Maybe with 14nm there is no real benefit from going that high?

Even on ryzen you start hitting some diminishing returns after 2666. 2133 to 2666 can give about 5-10% fps gain on .1% lows removing most stutters. 2666 to 3000 gives 2-3%. Going past 3000 you barely gain a 1% for getting to 3200 and less than a 1% hitting 3600. Intel isn’t generally affected with memory speed limits. 2400 is where they hit diminishing returns. The ram speed support doesn’t mean squat anyway. Zen3 doesn’t really benefit from 3600 speeds unless you’re a pro overclocker trying to beat records. Amd is just dick measuring against intel with official 3600 support.

 

[Suiton20]

THey could tell, if they added a fuse that blows when clock multiplier is moved outside turbo configuration, would be really easy to check during the RMA process. Will they likely enforce it, no. The warranty is nice and can be purchased after acquiring the CPU if you want to start pushing it rather hard, and at $20, very reasonable.
CPU will let you melt it with voltage, you could overvolt this and definitely kill it in minutes compared to the 3+year life span it is rated for at nominal voltage. Heat isn't what kills its higher voltage breaking things down.

I highly doubt intel would add a overclocking fuse to the k chips. It would add to cost even if the fuse itself cost 5cents. R&d would add to the cost. Motherboard manufacturers already auto overclock the CPUs anyway. So if there is a fuse in there, it would easily pop the moment you fire up cinebench.

 

[gg83]

Even on ryzen you start hitting some diminishing returns after 2666. 2133 to 2666 can give about 5-10% fps gain on .1% lows removing most stutters. 2666 to 3000 gives 2-3%. Going past 3000 you barely gain a 1% for getting to 3200 and less than a 1% hitting 3600. Intel isn’t generally affected with memory speed limits. 2400 is where they hit diminishing returns. The ram speed support doesn’t mean squat anyway. Zen3 doesn’t really benefit from 3600 speeds unless you’re a pro overclocker trying to beat records. Amd is just dick measuring against intel with official 3600 support.

thanks for the info. I suspected as much, but wasn't sure. I am really excited about the competition right now. We might see some killer advancements soon. Or just acquisitions of new tech that gets buried.

 

[ThatMouse]

THey could tell, if they added a fuse that blows when clock multiplier is moved outside turbo configuration, would be really easy to check during the RMA process. Will they likely enforce it, no. The warranty is nice and can be purchased after acquiring the CPU if you want to start pushing it rather hard, and at $20, very reasonable.
CPU will let you melt it with voltage, you could overvolt this and definitely kill it in minutes compared to the 3+year life span it is rated for at nominal voltage. Heat isn't what kills its higher voltage breaking things down.

There is some circuitry on the outside of the chip presumably related to ensuring proper power, but I'm not convinced a "fuse" exists that small. Intel should share photos to prove they can tell. They might sell more plans.