Can a motherboard significantly limit overclocking a processor, graphics card, ram, or even (in the future) an ssd? I get crappy performance with my cpu (in comparison to the same mb/cpu others get) and derpy oc performance with my ram. The ram isn't to bad but the processor is quite poor. I feel as if my mb is a "lemon" because of this. I've got a 4670k on a Msi Z87-G41 PC MATE mb. I'm hoping its just one variable that's causing this and I'm actually going to test that out with a friends mb through process of elimination (I'm not stupid and trying this with a 1155 mb or something like that so it's not a "noob error"). I also am getting a %0.25 increase in performance with an oc over stock with my cpu which seems a little finicky. Judging by the fact that unstable oc are always above 4.1 GHz and the temperature stays fine and the ram gets strange performance I think that my motherboard is the problem but I'm not sure and I need help figuring this out.
Can a motherboard limit an overclock?
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Nuclear101
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Yes, but the RAM, GPU, etc. can also limit an overclock. The biggest limiting factor is cooling and voltage (less likely). Intel does not recommend any temperature of >80C at 100% load and will start to slow the clock speed at 85C.
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