Written by Metal Messiah
Here is some good news for hardcore overclockers. It looks like INTEL has just updated it’s Performance Tuning Protection Plan. In case you weren’t aware the Performance Tuning Protection Plan (PTPP) is an additional plan to cover processor failures caused by operating the eligible processor outside of Intel’s published specifications.
According to the new terms the company is giving some “insurance” to Gamers who plan to Overclock their K-series of Comet lake processors, basically for the unlocked Core i9, Core i7 and Core i5 parts. INTEL plans to give gamers some “peace of mind” when overclocking their K-series processors.
They have now extended the PTPP to 10’th Gen COMET LAKE series. Previously, the Processor Tuning Protection Plan was only available for 9th generation processors. Older generation processors are NOT supported though.
Under this new scheme, Intel offers one free replacement if you end up with a “faulty or dead” CPU as a result of overclocking. This is only valid for the unlocked Core K series SKUs.
The PTPP applies to both “mainstream” and “HEDT” processors. The cost of insuring the first is $19.99, while the latter will cost you around $29.99. Regardless of which Comet Lake CPU you pick, the PTTP will cost you the same $19.99, which is the same price charged for insuring Intel’s 9th Gen CPUs as well.
In my opinion, if viewed from an economical standpoint, Intel’s PTTP scheme seems like a bargain for hardcore overclockers. For what it’s worth, the flagship Core i9-10900K processor has now gone up for preorder at $599.99, which is around $188 more expensive than Intel’s MSRP !
Yeah, there are gamers who are willing to pay a “premium” for this flagship INTEL Comet Lake-S CPU. But I don’t see any point in all of this though. It looks like this new Overclocking insurance will cost less than 4% of the processor’s MSRP, should you plan to opt for this scheme.
Full list of supported CPUs can be found here.
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wow. this is something i was not aware of, lol. insurance on the CPU ?
It’s not for your average PC user, muppets it’s for serious overclockers, so stop moaning.
indeed
Well, Intel has changed their attitude now that they’ve got some competition. A few years back and their customers were saying that their chips didn’t overclock well because they used cheap TIM under the heat spreader and Intel’s response was:
“Well don’t overclock then.”
That’s why it’s good for everyone that AMD rose from the ashes with Ryzen CPUs.
I forget the name of the company but a while back they were offering guaranteed overclock chips and they were higher than these prices.
“” I forget the name of the company but a while back they were offering
guaranteed overclock chips and they were higher than these prices.””
I think it was Silicon Lottery ? No ? I’m not sure though. They sell pretty good DELID CPUs. This is their official address:
Silicon Lottery
6630 FM 1463 RD
STE B500-150
Katy, TX 77494.
Yes that’s the company. Apparently people are willing to pay some high prices for guaranteed overclockers.
Indeed. Some peeps are really willing to pay extra for higher binned silicon, and DELID CPUs as well.
This company sells awesome products. Highly binned selected dies. Take for example this processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X @ 4.05GHz.
This is what they claim on their website, and they really stand by it as well.
“”This CPU is guaranteed stable across all cores with the following parameters when using matching components from our QVL. We go through a rigorous stress test routine to ensure stability for the vast majority of use cases.
CPU Multiplier: 40.5
BCLK: 100.0
CPU Vcore: 1.300V (VR VOUT 1.175V)
LLC: Lowest (ASUS Level 1, Gigabyte Normal)
As of 12/8/19, the top 92% of tested 3950X were able to hit 4.05GHz or greater.””
jeez ! are they selling it now for $599.99 ?
overclocking is free, but what if you screw your CPU in the process ? then yes at least we can grab a new processor for a marginal cost.
Why not just RMA it ? AFAIKT they can’t detect if fault was made by You – user – or was caused by i.e. malfunctioned motherboard caused by i.e. PSU short, that was caused by i.e. lightning strike on power lines (energy company had issue in my country in the past and they did fried many devices).
It really is a lottery. I remember when the 2500k 2600k CPUs came out and they were really good overclockers but I ran across 2 guys commenting on Toms Hardware that they couldn’t overclock them at all without losing stability.
Hahahhahahahha what on earth is intel doing?
they are so disconnected from consumers
Intel you have competition now, its called AMD RYZEN
all ryzen cpus are overclockable, budget ryzen boards can OC both RAM & CPU
all ryzen cpus have SMT, 1st gen and 2nd gen 6 cores & 8 cores are under 200$ & 100$ second hand, AMD doesn’t have 5 SKUs for the same CPU
so start paying attention
The difference in MSRP it’s because the prices that were posted were for business partners who were going to buy at least 1k CPUs. Steve Burke of Gamers Nexus specifies it. And this is the proof. As you can see it says «RCP pricing for 1k».
If you add that, plus VATs plus what I call the “novelty premium” (for having the newest product before anyone else), the difference is understandable.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b4d64ca5836f886ded9901fd014d051c218630c3c7f92ca4a9c22864b4913b4b.png
The point is a company wants to make above all profit, if people buy it, even with a price that is inflated, nor the company, nor distributors have a reason to lower it. If you add also to the fact that is easier to market something instead of improving an architecture you will also understand why intel is focusing its effort towards gaming,since such segment is more gullible. If you judge this market just by looking at forums it seems like it’s made up by drug addicts who have this impulse to buy and have everything immediately regardless of the price etc.
In such a contest companies will always take advantage of that, trying to milk the market as much as they can by increasing prices as much as they can, because it’s also more rewarding to produce and sell less but with a higher margin.
Personally till it lasts, I will stick with my 2600k@4.5ghz (317€) and my 980ti watecooled with a modded bios (650€+110€ of waterblock) those are the prices I would like to see.
Instead, what I have been seeing in these latest years is that product prices for the same segments are rising, regardless of the tech improvement.
Why prices were lower you might ask? because before pc building was a market for people that used to work with their pcs and not for people that cannot wait to have immediately the newest and “bestest” toy.
Yeah, I know those prices were for 1K units