I want to overclock my intel i5 6500 with a h170 msi

SilentStorm16

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I have an msi h170 and really dont want to buy a whole new motherboard and OS. Dose anyone know of any tips that I can do. I have tried using msi command center but it says my motherboard dosent support cpu overclocking.
 
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says my motherboard doesn't support cpu overclocking
That's true; neither your motherboard nor your CPU support overclocking. You will not be able to. The only way you could have overclocked that CPU was with a Z170 motherboard with specific BIOS revisions that allowed for non-K overclocking