CPU OC on b85

GiveMeI7plz

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Hi there,

I have a gigabyte b85-d2v motherboard currently using my pentium g3260 which is obviously not unlocked.

I am saving up to buy an i5 4690k and was wondering if i could overclock that cpu on this motherboard. I saw another thread that said yes it can overclock but it is not as friendly as a z97 motherboard.

To double check with you can I overclock on the b85-d2v with i5 4690k? To something like approx. 4.3 ghz. I have a hyper 212x cpu cooler and a 500w vp psu from antec. My gpu is gtx 960 2 gb if ur curious

Thanks for your time!
 
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The 960 and the 4690k perform very evenly so overclocking wouldn't be required unless you just want to brag about your oc. I wouldn't recommend overclocking on that board and would just drop the extra 100$ and buy a better one to overclock on if you want a more stable overclock

jacobnestell

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The 960 and the 4690k perform very evenly so overclocking wouldn't be required unless you just want to brag about your oc. I wouldn't recommend overclocking on that board and would just drop the extra 100$ and buy a better one to overclock on if you want a more stable overclock
 
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