I am beginning to think I have been misinformed about this product and what it is capable of and will be looking for an exchange to processor for one that can actually do what has been stated to me before I parted with my cash.ġ) Can an i7 8700 be overclocked or not? (bearing in mind both Intel and Dell tell me it can)Ģ) Why is the (stated by both Intel and Dell) Turbo Boost Max 3.0 not compatible with my system, and is there another version that is compatible?ģ) I've read elsewhere on this forum about someone presumably having a similar issue and was told Turbo Boost 2.0 should be used yet I find no other mention of it on Intels own site, why is this the case?Ĥ) Have I been miss sold a product and what can be done to rectify this? Some are saying this cpu is locked and cannot be overclocked but go into very little detail and everyone else asks about performance but no helpful responses come of it.

I have trawled through the internet for information regarding this particular cpu and even that has been a challenge, barely anyone is talking about it and when you do find something that doesn't reference the K model instantly no one seems to mention the same brick wall I seem to be coming up against. So far the overclocking option within Alienware Control Centre is not available and downloading provides me with a message saying it is incompatible, the Alienware system bios does not allow me to make any changes to clock speed, and Intel Turbo Boost 3.0 does not support my cpu and even when downloaded again provides an incompatibility message. Hello from an increasingly frustrated individual,Īt the beginning of the year I purchased a pre built Alienware Aurora R7 containing an i7 8700 cpu which both Intel and Dell state on every mention of the thing that it can be overclocked to 4.6GHz using Intel Turbo Boost Technology.

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