Overclocking a desktop remains a badge of honor among many PC enthusiasts. It’s the equivalent of a gearhead slapping her own headers on a V-8, or a home handy-man installing his own plumbing. It’s a ...

Overclocking a Core i7-6700K processor is exactly the same as any other previous-gen Haswell or Ivy Bridge-based Intel K-SKU processor, with one additional wrinkle. Because the processor is unlocked, ...

Combine the IPC improvements with a 4GHz base frequency and some pretty awesome overclocking, and I think Intel has a winner on its hands with its new "Skylake" Core i7-6700K processor and Z170 ...

Intel released its first batch of Skylake processors last week, the 6th generation Core processors which are targeted at gamers and overclockers. This came just a short couple months after the first ...

The Intel Core i7-6700K is on many a PC enthusiasts' wish list, being top of the crop of current mainstream Intel processors and with the 'K' suffix signalling its overclocking friendliness. Out of ...

The Core i7-6700K was an overclocking delight, reaching 4.8GHz with no effort at all. To achieve this frequency we simply hit the quick OC button and selected the maximum value of 4.8GHz. The system ...