Asus P8B75-M or Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H for base-clock OCing?

[Jo_Hardy]

Hello All

I've decided on everything else for a new build except the motherboard.

Any feedback from users on these two boards is very welcome

Asus P8B75-M : http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P8B75M/
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H : http://www.gigabyte.com.lk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4315#ov

the processor is the Intel core i5 3470
Is it possible to Overclock this processor by increasing the base clock using one of the above mobos?

If you're curious about the specs of the rest of the system, check my old thread;
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=31&post=380502&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

Thanks
edited cause links didn't work

 

[hammereditor]

Hello All

I've decided on everything else for a new build except the motherboard.

Any feedback from users on these two boards is very welcome

Asus P8B75-M : http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P8B75M/
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H : http://www.gigabyte.com.lk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4315#ov

the processor is the Intel core i5 3470
Is it possible to Overclock this processor by increasing the base clock using one of the above mobos?

If you're curious about the specs of the rest of the system, check my old thread;
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=31&post=380502&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=1&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

Thanks
edited cause links didn't work

Both of those boards are locked. You cannot increase the base clock, apply overvoltage, or increase the CPU multiplier.
Even if you could increase BCLK, it would cause damage if abused and you could only do a 5% or so OC.
So don't overclock without a unlocked board and CPU.

 

[Jo_Hardy]

All i needed to hear was the 5% limit, which is like 160MHz for my Processor. So even if OCing was possible it isn't worth the effort

Thanks hammereditor

 

[Jo_Hardy]

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