How to overclock a locked CPU
How to overclock a locked CPU
I'm using an i5 4460 on a Z97 A motherboard from Asus and I was wondering if anyone here knew how to overclock it. Yes, I understand it's a locked processor but I also know there are methods to overclock locked ones. I'm fairly certain my motherboard supports this and I probably won't need an aftermarket cooler (though I plan to get an H80i GT in a month or two) because the overclock won't be very high.
You can achieve a small boost by tweaking turbo ratios, but it’s limited to just two bins or 200 MHz. The FSB might increase by 3 to 5 MHz at best. Perhaps using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility could help maximize the multipliers. I’m considering this with my Haswell 4700mq laptop CPU.
You can achieve a small boost by tweaking turbo ratios, but it’s limited to just two bins or 200 MHz. The FSB might increase by 3 to 5 MHz at best. Perhaps using Intel Extreme Tuning Utility could help maximize the multipliers. I’m considering this with my Haswell 4700mq laptop CPU.
Intel Extreme Tuning Utility is a Windows application. You can use it instead of the BIOS or vice versa, but not both at the same time. In my setup, I upgraded from 34x one core, 33x two cores, 32x three and four cores to 36x one core, 35x two cores, and 34x three and four cores.