I3 6100 overclocks (apparently)

[ALXAndy]

http://www.pcper.com/news/Processor...tel-Skylake-CPUs-Possible-i3-6100-Benchmarked

Edit. Pretty much RIP AMD. It was nice knowing you ETC.

Edit again. Well how embarassing. Mods, can you please move this to CPUs.

/red face.

 

[ALXAndy]

Nice boost in sales for Asrock until Intel put the boot in and put an end to it.

Thing is if you even so much as touch the bus on their locked CPUs they freak out and you need to reset BIOS.

I am more interested in the fact that the CPU didn't go into a blind panic when the bus was upped, not that Asrock sell a board that allows it to be done.

 

[ALXAndy]

You need to disable the onboard GPU. But, AFAIK you can do that with any board.

So you're saying that a Haswell I3 overclocked on the bus 100-200mhz? because I've never seen any one make that claim before.

Edit.

Sadly, as Intel has only allowed K-series CPUs to access the baseclock straps that we saw with the likes of the Core i5-4670K, overclocking any other Haswell CPU means increasing the baseclock along with other system bus speeds. As such, you're very limited when it comes to overclocking, although you can usually bump the baseclock up by a couple of megahertz without too many problems. Even so, at stock speed we saw some encouraging results that cement the fact that Haswell, while not offering ground breaking performance compared to Ivy Bridge, is noticeably faster than Sandy Bridge CPUs.

Source -

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/11/14/intel-core-i3-4130-haswell-review/7

So no, you can't overclock Haswell I3s.

If this is true (and I would be really happy it is) this means that for the first time since Clarkdale Intel have released an I3 that can be overclocked. Again, if true, it would allow the many to have a decent fast gaming rig for not a lot of coin.

And that would be good news for all.

 

[ALXAndy]

Yeah I done it just recently with an i3 bought off here, it's fairy common knowledge that they will OC a tiny amount via the bus.

I would be tempted to jump to skylake if this is not locked down by Intel, but I get the feeling this is no more than a publicity stunt by Asrock and it will be put an end quickly.

Yeah but this isn't a tiny amount dude. It's an unlocked FSB. Like, unlocked as in you can rag on it properly without hitting a brick wall.

I don't think it's a stunt by Asrock. Maybe they were just the first out of the blocks?

What we need is I3 reviews as there are none atm. Once we do we will see if they really are unlocked. I can't see Intel doing it by mistake so it was either deliberate or they are using a possible ES chip.

 

[ALXAndy]

Yeah I know the skylake OC is huge, and if Intel allow it then great, but come on it's Intel........

Yeah I know it's Intel and they are known for charging for air. However, a few things echo for me. Firstly AMD have been talking about AM4 lately and I have no doubt at all their CPUs will be unlocked.

Secondly the CPU market has been stagnant for ages now, with Intel only releasing to compete with themselves and thus not really making many products that people actually want, especially at their extortionate prices.

Thirdly whilst very good Skylake offers Haswell and Devil's Canyon users absolutely no reason to upgrade at all. If this I3 is unlocked it will make Intel and a board partner a whole new sale.

Even Intel need their bread and butter products. With Sandybridge the only reason the I5 K was really lauded was because it only cost around £150, with I3s costing as much as £120. Therefore it wasn't even worth looking at the I3s unless you were building something that wasn't for gaming.

Plus as I have already said, there's the added bonus of putting a stop to AMD sales completely and totally overnight. I've said for about three years now that if Intel released another unlocked I3 as popular as the Clarkdales then it would put an end to AMD's CPU dept overnight. The only thing AMD had going for them was cores and the fact they were cheap and completely unlocked. However, a decent I3 from Intel could outperform all of AMD's CPUs leaving none of them worth buying.

Strike two..

http://www.neowin.net/news/overclocking-locked-intel-skylake-cpus-is-now-possible

 

[ALXAndy]

The acid test will be whether you can do it on cheaper boards.

This for example..

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-1151-ddr3-atx-motherboard-mb-672-as.html

Would make for a cracking budget system.

 

[ALXAndy]

Why did techspot only test an I3?

How do you mean? like why didn't they test a Pentium etc too?

 

[ALXAndy]

The only caveat right now is the boards. They are quite expensive. This will only really catch on if it works on cheaper boards IMO.

I haven't seen Intel throwing out cease and desists yet though so it seems that right now they are cool with it.

 

[ALXAndy]

it wont matter if you are only running an i3, maybe for the locked i5 you need at least 4 phases.

I overclocked a Pentium K a while back on a Gigabyte Phoenix. I could only get to 4.3ghz before the VRMs crapped out and that was on stock voltage.

I have no idea what the phases were on that board though tbh.

 

[ALXAndy]

Is it even worth buying a "K" version at all? I was pretty much set on buying a 6600K in the new year but now i'm uncertain. Do the 6400 and 6600K have similar max ceilings when overclocking or is there more head room with the 6600K with the unlocked multiplier?

It all depends on the chip dude, literally every single one will be slightly different.

I had an AMD FX 8320 that would flop the moment you touched the multi. I mean it was absolutely awful. Go to the FSB though? it was the better of the three I had, and easily did 4.9ghz stable on a H100.