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CPU Can i undervolt/underclock a non 'K' cpu on a h170 board?
- Thread starter robbee
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No. Overclocking/Underclocking is reserved for K chips.
Yes, for a brief stint it DID look like ASRock and a few others were going to allow overclocking non-K chips on H170 boards, but it was all for naught. Soon, Intel squashed it by pushing microcode updates via every avenue. BIOS and Windoes.
So sure, you MIGHT be able to do it.. But say goodbye to any firmware or software updates. My opinion, It's just not worth the hassle.
Yes, for a brief stint it DID look like ASRock and a few others were going to allow overclocking non-K chips on H170 boards, but it was all for naught. Soon, Intel squashed it by pushing microcode updates via every avenue. BIOS and Windoes.
So sure, you MIGHT be able to do it.. But say goodbye to any firmware or software updates. My opinion, It's just not worth the hassle.
Figured I'd necro this thread instead of starting a new one since it doesn't quite answer the question. Underclocking/Overclocking is reserved for K chips and Z-series chipsets from what I understand, but undervolting works for all chips across all Intel chipsets? Some clarification from someone in the know would be awesome.
Undervolting is motherboard dependent, but the other chipsets definitely don't prevent it. I'm a little obsessive with undervolting, and what I have to do is look up the manuals for a non-Z chipset board I'm interested in. Those *usually* list the bios options in the bios sections if they made a decent manual. Sometimes they are really vague or just copy paste from their previous manuals.
This isn't as relevant but the older non-Z chipsets didn't prevent underclocking. I was a bit frustrated when I found out the hard way that Intel doesn't allow that anymore. I'd have gotten away with rolling my own "T" CPU if it wasn't for Intel and their market segmentation.
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