F5F Stay Refreshed Power Users Overclocking Not possible to increase the clock speed of the i5 3470 on a Z68 motherboard.

Not possible to increase the clock speed of the i5 3470 on a Z68 motherboard.

Not possible to increase the clock speed of the i5 3470 on a Z68 motherboard.

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SkyInsane
Senior Member
718
01-08-2025, 03:35 PM
#1
Hy
I have i5 3470 with Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 motherboard,latest BIOS ( F8 ) and I can not raise multiplier beyond x36 and the same settings I had on H61 chipset.
these settings I have in BIOS and maximum is x36 I even tried CTRL + F1 for hidden BIOS options on GB motherboards,but no additional options
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0...sp=sharing
So Im frustrated I have same options on Z68 chipset like I had on H61 low end chipset lol
There are two revision of this motherboard,I have revision 1 and for revision 2 there is UEFI BIOS update to unlock ivy bridge multiplier and for revision 1 there isnt
Can I flash somehow revision 2 bios uefi to revision 1,could I corrupt motherboard ?
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SkyInsane
01-08-2025, 03:35 PM #1

Hy
I have i5 3470 with Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 motherboard,latest BIOS ( F8 ) and I can not raise multiplier beyond x36 and the same settings I had on H61 chipset.
these settings I have in BIOS and maximum is x36 I even tried CTRL + F1 for hidden BIOS options on GB motherboards,but no additional options
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0...sp=sharing
So Im frustrated I have same options on Z68 chipset like I had on H61 low end chipset lol
There are two revision of this motherboard,I have revision 1 and for revision 2 there is UEFI BIOS update to unlock ivy bridge multiplier and for revision 1 there isnt
Can I flash somehow revision 2 bios uefi to revision 1,could I corrupt motherboard ?

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Godslayerno1
Member
54
01-09-2025, 09:41 PM
#2
Yes, you can increase the turbo bins by four times. For that chip, when two cores are at their maximum, you'll get 4ghz. With three cores maxed, it's 3.9g, and with all four at maximum, it's 3.8g. You only do this on z77 mobos, I think.
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Godslayerno1
01-09-2025, 09:41 PM #2

Yes, you can increase the turbo bins by four times. For that chip, when two cores are at their maximum, you'll get 4ghz. With three cores maxed, it's 3.9g, and with all four at maximum, it's 3.8g. You only do this on z77 mobos, I think.

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XaViZ
Member
197
01-12-2025, 10:13 PM
#3
you need an i5/i7 -k chip to multiplier oc.
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XaViZ
01-12-2025, 10:13 PM #3

you need an i5/i7 -k chip to multiplier oc.

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kenton12
Member
204
01-13-2025, 04:39 AM
#4
No, I don't need to. Please don't mislead if you can't help me. Here is a screenshot of the i5 3470 overclocked to 4 GHz. On P67/Z68/Z77 chipset motherboards, you can increase the multiplier beyond the factory limit. I wondered why I couldn't do it on my own motherboard.
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kenton12
01-13-2025, 04:39 AM #4

No, I don't need to. Please don't mislead if you can't help me. Here is a screenshot of the i5 3470 overclocked to 4 GHz. On P67/Z68/Z77 chipset motherboards, you can increase the multiplier beyond the factory limit. I wondered why I couldn't do it on my own motherboard.

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Krzywy
Member
150
01-13-2025, 12:03 PM
#5
Yes, you can increase the turbo bins by four times. For that chip, when two cores are at their maximum, you'll get 4ghz. With three cores maxed, it's 3.9g, and with all four at maximum, it's 3.8g. You only do this on z77 mobos, I think.
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Krzywy
01-13-2025, 12:03 PM #5

Yes, you can increase the turbo bins by four times. For that chip, when two cores are at their maximum, you'll get 4ghz. With three cores maxed, it's 3.9g, and with all four at maximum, it's 3.8g. You only do this on z77 mobos, I think.