Why do only some chipsets support overclocking CPU?

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Hi guys, I am just curious, if I have a 7600k and a B250 chipset mobo, I cannot OC. I was wondering why this is? If CPU is OC capable, why do only some chipsets allow for OC? Is this an arbitrary gate that is put in or is there actually something different in regards to the OC functionality on lets say B250 chipset vs Z270 vs H270?

Is this "lock" something that can be changed with a BIOS update or is hardware not capable of it even if Intel wanted to release a BIOS or whatever to make it work?
 
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the overclocking process will force many parts and will make the system use more watts on some parts

the bios, the parts and the psu must be all capable of accept the extra load, that is why you pay premium for those parts, to push them hard and get some extra mhz on the cpu, same applies for gpus

overclocking in general is a hard load over all components involved, mainboard, cpu, psu, ram, gpu

it also creates lots of heat in the process so you need to keep good airflow on the case to keep things as cool as possible
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the overclocking process will force many parts and will make the system use more watts on some parts

the bios, the parts and the psu must be all capable of accept the extra load, that is why you pay premium for those parts, to push them hard and get some extra mhz on the cpu, same applies for gpus

overclocking in general is a hard load over all components involved, mainboard, cpu, psu, ram, gpu

it also creates lots of heat in the process so you need to keep good airflow on the case to keep things as cool as possible
 
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