How to overclock locked CPU?

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Hi, its been a long time.
I was getting my first rig, I need an idea if I can overclock a "locked" cpu, i5-4590 on a Gigabyte H97 (GA-H97M-D3H)... Please tell me if this is possible!
 
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dark_lord69
Yeah,
You have to overclock the BCLK and not all motherboards will allow that.
You could go into the BIOS or UEFI and see if it's an option you can change. (Typically set to 100MHz)

I see an option for "CPU Base Clock j" under the "MIT Current Status" in your UEFI:
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-z97m(h97m)-d3h_e.pdf
That might be the BCLK setting that you would need to change for a complex overclock.
Be careful, I'm not gonna do the math for you so I hope you know what you're doing.
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Yeah,
You have to overclock the BCLK and not all motherboards will allow that.
You could go into the BIOS or UEFI and see if it's an option you can change. (Typically set to 100MHz)

I see an option for "CPU Base Clock j" under the "MIT Current Status" in your UEFI:
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-z97m(h97m)-d3h_e.pdf
That might be the BCLK setting that you would need to change for a complex overclock.
Be careful, I'm not gonna do the math for you so I hope you know what you're doing.
 
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when it comes to Intel chipset you need to have a i5 or I7 CPU that end with a letter "K" so a 4590 Cannot be overclocked but a 4590K can be overclocked.

when it comes to motherboards, H,P, Q, and B are motherboards you cannot truly overclock on, you need a "Z" board such as a Z77, 87,97 (LGA1150), 170, 270(LGA1151) those boards are designed to sustain an overclocked CPU.

hope that answered your question; in your case a 4590 cpu and H97 motherboard are not able to be overclocked, neither cpu or mobo.
 
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I don't believe so. In the past you used to be able to do stuff like this because the you had more options on the bus speed to get around locked multipliers. Now, I don't think you can touch the bus speed much at all.

Download Intel XTU, you'd be able to see which settings are adjustable.
 
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