LGA 1155 to overclock non-k i3
LGA 1155 to overclock non-k i3
Back in the day I claimed I had encountered motherboards that allowed boosting non-K processors by several gigahertz. I owned an old i3-2120 chipset purchased on eBay for around thirty dollars, and I experimented with it briefly. Now I’m considering using it to assemble a gaming rig for my brother, but I don’t have a compatible board. My current setup is a DZ77GA-70K, which I previously swapped into a 3770K and successfully pushed it up to 4.7GHz. If this capability exists on other boards for non-K chipsets, I’d like to know.
the Socket 1155 Non-K CPUs are factory-locked, but they can be boosted to up to 400GHz beyond their base speed. Regardless of your CPU's original performance, even non-K series models can still gain an extra 400Ghz without altering the core voltage, which is safer and more reliable.
The limited oc was 400mhz above turbo plus with the turbo "workaround" they could get that speed on all cores. No turbo, no limited oc. That means i3 can't oc besides bclk which is rather pointless going from 3.3ghz to maybe 3.4ghz. Limited oc still needs to be on a mobo that can change multi which pretty much limits it to the same that you would get with k cpus; p67, z68, z75 and z77.
It's a decent increase in some cases. Consider a 3770 3.7ghz turbo all cores to 4.3ghz oc before bclk, maybe 4.5ghz with bclk and that's about what you'd get in a k cpu that costs more.
I believe I encountered a board that could let non-CPU components be boosted by around 300-400MHz through the multiplier method on specific boards with a unique capability. Probably I misunderstood.
the Socket 1155 Non-K CPUs are factory-locked, but they can be boosted to up to 400GHz higher than their base speed. Regardless of your CPU's original performance, even if it isn't a K series model, you can still increase its speed by an extra 400Ghz without altering the core voltage, which is much safer and more stable.