Custom BIOS, is it worth it?

[Andreiul]

Hello there! I am currently running an I7-4790 (non-k) 3.6ghz on my MSI H81M-P33 V1 with 2x8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz RAM with the 1.10 version BIOS. I've seen a lot of talk around the internet of overclocking non-K CPU's and RAM with custom versions of BIOS, but I can't seem to find an solid source to offer me all the info that I'm looking for.

  *So firstly, if I actually manage to do this and somehow achieve my overclocking "locked" components dream, will it be worth all the fuss?

  *Secondly if anyone has info on this matter or suggestion I would like to hear it.

  *I know this topic might be stupid, but I'm just looking for more knowledge anyways.

[5x5]

Worth? No, not really. You lose all sorts of monitoring capabilities, you introduce multiple points of instability and all the effort and hassle of potentially messing up something for a 100-200MHz clock increase.

[Stormseeker9]

No.