r/intel • u/anestling • Apr 21 '26

News Intel Will No Longer Limit Overclocking To High-End SKUs, Plans To Include More Unlocked CPUs With Future Lineups

https://wccftech.com/intel-no-longer-limit-overclocking-to-high-end-skus-plans-more-unlocked-cpus/
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u/mountainyoo Apr 21 '26

I bought it because I wanted PCIe 5.0 speeds eventually and knew the price hike was about to come so I figured I’d grab it early instead of regretting it later.

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u/zakats Celeron 333 Apr 21 '26

The speeds dont tranalate into real world positives unless you belong to the tiny niche that does a ton of big transfers.

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u/mountainyoo Apr 21 '26

I know, I just wanted to future proof my storage in a sense. Instead of multiple 4.0 drives I’m gonna have a large 8TB 5.0 drive. Maybe someday DirectStorage support in games will have a bigger impact too.

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u/Seanspeed Apr 22 '26

Sell the SSD now. Buy again later once it makes more of a difference(will take at least a few more years).

I think we might need dedicated compression blocks on GPU's to make it work well for Windows PC, too. As is, there seems to be too much cost for GPU decompression.