Fudzilla on the intel LGA1160 overclocking lock.

[Perfect_Chaos]

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7255&Itemid=1

"As Intel seems to want to push the much more expensive Bloomfield platform to overclockers, the company implemented a lock that prevents these new processors from being overclocked by adding two PLL clock generators, one inside the CPU itself and one in the PCH.

This might not sound like it's a big problem in itself, but what Intel has done is that these two will clock generators will reference eachother and this means that just changing the bus speed won't have any effect if you're trying to overclock the CPU as it will dissregard the information from the PCH if it's not a correct value."

seems like intel are going to lose a lot of customers, i hope AMD can bring out a cpu to compete with intel and overclocks well for the price.

intel are just pushing people to buy their stupidly expensive cpu's and an extremely stupid move.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Having a clock generator on the chip pretty much guarantees that there isn't a way round it unless Intel botch something up like adding the ability to override it which becomes public knowledge.

I'm surprised it's taken this long, they filed the patent for this years ago.

Spending 500-600 quid on a cpu just to be able to overclock it is ridiculous you have to admit.

I was going to change to intel for nehalem but it doesnt look like it anymore, anyone have confidence in AMD for their next cpu?

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

amd cpu's isn't as bad as people think...

I agree somewhat, you do get more speed for less money with the C2D's though currently.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Counter to that though, it would suggest that Intel are expecting to be selling Nehelam chips well short of their capabilities again, suggesting that Bloomfield will at least clock like a demon.

Clock like a demon, maybe some but not all. Spending a fortune on 1 cpu doesnt guarantee a high stable overclock does it?

if the Bloomfield overclockable midrange cpu's are 250-300 quid that would be the max id spend on a cpu, if they are 400 upwards then i would not buy one.