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Is 100% Impossible to overclock a Xeon ?

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Hi guys, for my rig I got a Xeon E3-1240 v2 and it was told to me that the Xeons are fully locked

so I can't overclock them, so i would like to know if there is any chance to unlock it

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cant do anything at all

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cant do anything at all

You can overclock Xeons a few mhz.

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You can actually overclock them. Wether or not you'll get very far is beyond me. You just increase the FSB. or Front side bus. Basically the Base clock. 

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You can overclock Xeons a few mhz.

well i havent ever seen it done before so proof please?

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You can OC the E5's, but, sadly not the E3's that much. Maybe +.1 or .2 GHz. It works the same as slightly OCing a i7-4770. 

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I oced my e3 1220v2 by ~ 200mhz, more isnt possible. You need to oc a xeon via the BCLK, multipliers are locked sadly.

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cant do anything at all

 

You can overclock xeons, whether or not you can do this particular one is a different story.

 

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