Will i be able to overclock Pentium G3258 on msi h81m-p33?

kikchitov

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I know there are already were same themes, but now is 05.2015 and something may be changed. I thought that i will be able to overclock it on Asus h81m-k, but i can't. Now i should sell this motherboard and buy new. So there's the problem. I've read that some of these motherboard may not support overclocking. And i written to Intel support with this question, and they said: Hello,
This processor does not support turbo boost feature so it cannot be
over-clocked.
You need to have a processor that supports turbo boost feature and that
it is unlocked, usually the ones ending in “K”.
Locked processor like the Intel Pentium® processor G3258 cannot be
over-clocked, or at least are not designed to be over-clocked.

I'm confused. Wtf? It's unlocked processor. Please tell me, why they written that processor is locked and will i be able to oc on msi h81m-p33? Thanks
 

Cristi72

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Hello,

G3258 is indeed an unlocked processor, but its features can be used properly only on H97/Z97 chipsets. Some manufacturers have chosen to unlock some OC capabilities on the low-end H81 chipset (it's a little bit of a grey area, as they will never officially recognize the OC capabilities), while others are using the original H81 specs (a BIOS update is all it takes to unlock any H81 chipset).

You have the latest BIOS version installed?
 

kikchitov

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if you mean bios on asus h81m-k - yes, its latest. im only planning to buy the msi h81m-p33 for now. and i cant understand why intel's support is so s̶t̶u̶p̶i̶d̶ incompetent