No one has tried any goofy Skylake OCs.
No one has tried any goofy Skylake OCs.
Similar to a 4000 black? What are the likely limits? Some earlier Intel processors might handle higher FSB speeds with reduced multi and remain cooler. Haven’t caught up on Skylake yet, but I’m just curious about its adjustability.
Occasionally the extremely high multipliers aren't particularly stable, which makes it simpler to overclock with a 125MHz BLCK, though this mainly applies at very high operating conditions (and typically only for multipliers above 45X). Certain boards also have adjustments for PLL voltage that help stabilize the higher multipliers—so indeed, some systems offer a lot of fine-tuning options.
Will it start at a clock speed of 200/400/800 MHz and how much higher will it reach?
I'm not sure, but why bother? Increasing the BCLK won't speed things up because the clock can still be set independently of the BLCK configuration.
A few older CPUs might gain an additional 300 to 400 MHz when running at higher FSB speeds. It's unclear if Skylake would behave the same way. No one has tried it yet, so I'm considering asking.