Monday, December 14th 2015
Rejoice! Base Clock Overclocking to Make a Comeback with "Skylake"
Since Intel fully integrated the core logic (northbridge) with its processors, overclocking them by tinkering with the base-clock (BClk, the primary clock domain from which the CPU's clock speed is set using multipliers), became unstable, as it was used as a cadence for other key components on the chip, such as iGPU and PCIe root-complex. Apparently, with its 6th generation Core "Skylake" processors, Intel has de-linked base-clock from other clock domains, re-enabling overclocking using BClk, which is particularly helpful on non-K (upwards multiplier locked) SKUs.
Some of the first motherboards that enable BClk overclocking on Skylake CPUs come from Supermicro, the server/workstation motherboard maker that's dipping its toes into DIY enthusiast platforms these days. "Dhenzjhen," an overclocker from the Philippines struck gold by achieving a 5.00 GHz overclock on a Core i3-6320 dual-core chip, using a Supermicro C7H170-M motherboard (which is driven by an Intel H170 chipset). Shortly after news of this feat broke, ASRock fired an email to the press, stating that its Z170 Extreme7+ motherboard is able to support 4.50 GHz clocks on a Core i5-6600 quad-core chip, using an experimental BIOS. ASRock is validating this BIOS internally, and hopes to release it "very soon."
Source:
The TechReport
Some of the first motherboards that enable BClk overclocking on Skylake CPUs come from Supermicro, the server/workstation motherboard maker that's dipping its toes into DIY enthusiast platforms these days. "Dhenzjhen," an overclocker from the Philippines struck gold by achieving a 5.00 GHz overclock on a Core i3-6320 dual-core chip, using a Supermicro C7H170-M motherboard (which is driven by an Intel H170 chipset). Shortly after news of this feat broke, ASRock fired an email to the press, stating that its Z170 Extreme7+ motherboard is able to support 4.50 GHz clocks on a Core i5-6600 quad-core chip, using an experimental BIOS. ASRock is validating this BIOS internally, and hopes to release it "very soon."
89 Comments on Rejoice! Base Clock Overclocking to Make a Comeback with "Skylake"
Well... it rapes Intel marketing scheme with their H and Z lineups... but they milked us enough really, I fell no guilt in that, they are asking way too much for their K and Z parts. Give more cores or cache to K CPU's at least...
The only reason people bought K series was because they valued OC more than those features... didn't mean they didn't like those features.
EDIT: And for the love of mercy, someone try this on Celerons and Pentiums.
www.3dmark.com/fs/6804098
And if they wanted my computer yeah they'd get it. WIth a physical seizure, more likely than not. Why bother with hacking when you can have the goods? People forget the basics.
That said, no, they don't have a reason. It's part of why I run Windows 10 without worry. That said...Irony. It's for gaming. Look at my post history, I've always been critical of Windows 10 (though I do think it's been blown out of proportion, Microsoft isn't the ones we need to worry about and their collection is innocent by comparison to things that could be done with the quoted techs).
I used Linux briefly out of protest to Windows 10, still have it for nongaming, but I game 90% of the time so Windows is my mainstay. Linux has no comparison in graphics APIs to speak of at the moment. When it does, I'll jump.Multipliers can still be handy. It's not "no reason." I wish my Xeon has an unlocked multi right now, and it's BCLK is flawless.
I had a Skylake. You didn't want to touch the BCLK before this because it fucked up the whole system stability in higher clocks. You no longer could raise the mult worth a damn.
Obviously I'm hoping for the latter but even then there's a slim(mer) chance that Intel will curb BCLK OC just to push more Kabylakes out :shadedshu: