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Schoolboy error...

wez130

wez130

wez130

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So i was at work yesterday, not really concentrating and i purchased a brand new i7 4770 without thinking from another forum, then realised it wasn't the K version :o:rolleyes:

Now after reading up, i realise my error as i cannot really consider overclocking as it's multiplier locked and i'll be lucky to even clock it to 3.8ghz.

Is it as bad as it sounds though, give me some comfort lol. I only paid £170 brand new for it.
 
if it is still sealed in its box, sell it on an auction site and then buy what you wanted. They are going for more than you paid for it if new.
 
Sell it on ebay, should get your money back i would think.

Thats the problem with not buying new from a retailer , direct warranty and some little perks like DSR if you change your mind.
 
TBH, i bought my Q6600 (my latest) about 5 years ago with the intention of clocking but i never got round to it, i probably won't this one either. Still a step up from the 6600 anyway lol
 
wez130 said:
Now after reading up, i realise my error as i cannot really consider overclocking as it's multiplier locked and i'll be lucky to even clock it to 3.8ghz.
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2nd gen and newer i7 chips are either unlocked or "partially locked" which means the multi can be increased by up to 4 above the max turbo, which in the case of the 4770 is x43 (four above it's max turbo of x39). So you should be able to get 4.3GHz out of it.
 
I did something similar and bought a phenom II x3 710, obviously just reading what I wanted to hear, it isn't a be :(

I should've just stopped being cheap and bought a fx 6300.
 
To be fair my cheap as chips MSI 870-c45 does 280 FSB which would give your chip about 4GHz, which is the absolute limit for those tri cores if you manage to unlock it. If it's a C2 version it's also very tough to get them past 3.6GHz, the multiplier won't make much difference with that chip tbh.
 
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