What motherboards can ACTUALLY overclock?

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I've run into some conflicting information recently and was hoping somebody could verify one way or the other what is true. What motherboards, or more specifically what motherboard chipsets, actually have the ability to overclock the newest generation of Intel CPUs? Some motherboards have overclocking advertised in their information, but their chipsets are often H81 or B85. Intel doesn't want these boards to overclock and I saw an article from summer 2013 that they released a microde to stop it.

More recently in the news, Asus supposedly found a way around this, and their newest generation of boards will be able to overclock with all chipsets. But are they the only manufacturer that found a way around this, and did it really take them a year? Or have others as well?

Now, hypothetically, let's say I went on Amazon right now and bought the cheapest MOBO I could find that claimed to support overclocking. It's an H81 chipset. Would it work? Does that microde actually do anything, or is it just fabricated to convince users to buy the more expensive chipsets?

And what chipsets can actually overclock without an issue? Is it z97 and z87 only? Or are there others?

Would really appreciate some clarification from somebody who knows for sure.
 
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it will be easy to fine the bios which can support the h97 or b85 to overclocking
but if you looking for a ACTUALLY overclocking mb, go check with z87 or z97

z series mb is make for overclocking, so the quailty and power phases is better for the h/b series motherboard.

if you are just looking for overclocking, not for gaming issue or other
you can go get a g3258, it's fun! and easy to play with.
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Z87 and Z97 can definitely OC the CPU. I believe Intel is considering turning on OCing or something like it on the cheaper boards, because there's little point in having an unlocked Pentium if the necessary mobo costs more than the CPU.

Note that motherboard manufacturers may be advertising that you can OC the RAM or iGPU, not the CPU cores.
 
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That is exactly what I was thinking, I'm on the fence with a new build, the 750K or the Pentium G3258, and I'm leaning more towards the 750K at the moment because the Z-Series boards put me over budget, and are 2x the price of a comparatively overclock-enabled AMD board.

Also didn't consider that they could be advertising different things for overclocking, sneaky...
 
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it will be easy to fine the bios which can support the h97 or b85 to overclocking
but if you looking for a ACTUALLY overclocking mb, go check with z87 or z97

z series mb is make for overclocking, so the quailty and power phases is better for the h/b series motherboard.

if you are just looking for overclocking, not for gaming issue or other
you can go get a g3258, it's fun! and easy to play with.
 
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