I'm planning to buy the I5 6500 with a z170 motherboard, but is it still possible to overclock non k cpu's after summer 2016? I heard from many people that it's still possible and that it's not possble. Please help me and please give me real proof that it's possible or not possible.
Overclocking non k cpu's
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superninja12
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Some MB vendors allow the overclock of non-K processors with engineering tricks (for example to overlock Xeon processors), but is something that Intel try to avoid, need specific MBs, bios without updates, etc.
If you want overclock (specially with a low budget processor), avoid probelms and purchase a K processor for just a bunch more of bucks.
13thmonkey
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Well that's just wrong.
Bclk OCing is possible, on some mobo's with certain bios revisions, whether you can revert to and older revision and have the microcode updated is debatable.
Not worth the hassle in my opinion, spend the extra 30 and get a k processor.
guanyu210379
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OCing a non-K Skylake processor is not recommended and hard to get a stable system.
This is because you are playing the system base clock instead of using frequency multiplier, which is locked on non-K.
If you do something to the base clock, everything else (other components) will be affected.
This is because you are playing the system base clock instead of using frequency multiplier, which is locked on non-K.
If you do something to the base clock, everything else (other components) will be affected.
13thmonkey
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guanyu210379
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13thmonkey
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superninja12
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its not you can oc some extra mhz on SOME motherboards, and the result is barely noticeable.
if u want to do ocing with a serious result you will need a K chip
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