non k i5 3470
non k i5 3470
Hello, sorry if my thread is bad and stuff its just my first time posting
i have a dell 7010 with an overclocked gt 730 fermi ddr3 of 2gb and an extra ssd with a new pc case, ive seen a lot of people are overclocking this non k i5 3470 to 4ghz and sometimes 4,1 to 4,2. And you wonder now whats my problem? i have a stock motherboard which is the OKRC95 which has no oc options in the bios, is there any alternative way to overcock my cpu?
No problem... your OEM Dell motherboard has a very restricted BIOS. They took all OC settings out for a reason... the power delivery isn't good enough. Also, the I5-3470 is a locked chip... you might be able to BCLK it on another proper board (not yours), but not here.
Nope... the OEM Dell board has a very restricted BIOS. They took all OC settings out for a good reason—the power delivery isn’t sufficient. Plus, the I5-3470 is a locked chip; you might be able to adjust the BCLK on another compatible board, but these non-K models often cause issues when trying to do it. In short, you won’t be able to overclock your board, even with a K series chip.
Do you have any suggestions for an LGA 1155 motherboard that isn't new or used, which you can find and overclock via BIOS? In Greece I've noticed used boards are still available, and I'm getting tired of the search.
I understand you but I never really wanted a motherboard just for that, I always wanted a new one because I didn’t like the OEM ones in terms of BIOS, the number of specific ports, the look, and a big issue with how they were designed to fit cables for the LED, restart button, shut off/on button — it looked different from others on the pins. I could only use the shut off/on cable and the PC recognized it, but sometimes it didn’t work. It worked when plugged in, but during boot it would say no cable was connected. I still think the RAM slots, PCIe slots, and extension slots were fine. To get back to the point, I always felt I needed a motherboard upgrade.
It's possible to push the CPU beyond its limits if you used a Z-series motherboard, but you can only increase the multiplier by 4 for nonK chips. This capability was taken away from the system beginning with Haswell (fourth generation).