Base clock overclocking to make its return with Intel Haswell?

Published 2013-01-15 09:11 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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#4501059

Mufflore

2013-01-15 10:15

I can see them locking the base clock now as well.

#4501143

Cidious

2013-01-15 13:02

I can also see a downside.. because right now about every Z77 motherboard is able to achieve somewhat the same overclocking results.. for example: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H is able to achieve about the same speeds as the much more expensive (120 euro vs 360 euro) Z77X-UP7 board.. if you are not thinking about N20.. So if you find a board that has all the features you need it should be enough for your overclocking needs anyway.. So right now I have a Z77X-D3H deluxe combined with a 3570K for about 350 euro together and great perfomance.. About the same performance if I would spend 200 to 400 more.. This will change because if we are going back to baseclock overclocking it all comes down to the motherboards again.. and you need a very expensive motherboard for some solid overclock results.. Pitty..

#4501165

Mufflore

2013-01-15 13:24

I'm not sure sure it will be that bad if you have an unlocked chip. They would be nuts to remove the high multipliers now that they have shown its easy to implement.

#4501249

schmidtbag

2013-01-15 14:48

Last time I checked, wasn't it trying th NB to the CPU the reason why base clock was limited? I don't see why unlocking the L3 cache suddenly changes overclocking potential. @cidious Well, while you might need an expensive board to do a good overclock, at least a cheap one is able to do an OC as well. I haven't got any of intel setups involving newer generation CPUs yet so correct me if I'm wrong here but don't cheaper mobos not offer an ability to OC at all? Also, overclockable intel CPUs today are more expensive. With an overclockable base clock, you can still get better performance out of cheaper models.

#4501259

Mufflore

2013-01-15 14:58

The issue with cheaper boards is that cheaper (lower quality) silicon can be used on them. This doesnt mean they 'will' be worse, but there is a higher probability. Also the design of more expensive boards can allow higher frequencies to operate while receiving less interference and giving less interference out. On Intel, Bclk clocking also overclocks the PCI-E, SATA etc buses. So other things can also affect the stability of the overclock, but more stable signals and clocks, and less interference can help some kit achieve higher clocks. But because of the linked clocks, Bclk will still be pretty limited imo.

#4501266

StewieTech

2013-01-15 15:11

I can see them locking the base clock now as well.

That would be the only thing negative about this.

#4502488

cyclone3d

2013-01-16 22:35

Base clock overclocking is already available again since LGA2011 was released. Have my setup running at a 129bclk with my 3820 for a sweet 4.9Ghz. If higher base clock overclocking is available on the new setup, that will be even nicer.

#4502550

GhostXL

2013-01-16 23:42

This is an interesting move, Back to Gen 1 i7 Oc'ing! Maybe with a twist?

#4502552

macdaddy

2013-01-16 23:48

isn't a the case that Intel moved all the motherboard controllers to the CPU that you see similar oc from low end to high end mobo. I say bring back base overclocking . I could play with it all day.

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