Is it true that one motherboard can clock higher than another?

[TheNaitsyrk]

I heard somewhere that motherboards are also slightly different quality wise. Each one of them. Is it true that one could do e.g. 5.0Ghz OC and another would do only e.g. only 4.9Ghz on a specific CPU?

[Levent]

Yes

[Hinjima]

5 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

I heard somewhere that motherboards are also slightly different quality wise. Each one of them. Is it true that one could do e.g. 5.0Ghz OC and another would do only e.g. only 4.9Ghz on a specific CPU?

Some motherboards can provide more power and be more stable under heavy overclocks than other boards.
Cheap boards without proper VRM cooling would struggle to run the 13900k or 14900k even on stock speeds.

[TheNaitsyrk]

16 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Some motherboards can provide more power and be more stable under heavy overclocks than other boards.
Cheap boards without proper VRM cooling would struggle to run the 13900k or 14900k even on stock speeds.

Exactly what I needed to hear. I think my highly binned CPU doesn't clock right due to low motherboard bin. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

4 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

Exactly what I needed to hear. I think my highly binned CPU doesn't clock right due to low motherboard bin. 

Thatll be interesting to see

 

Afaik mobo bins only matter for ram oc, cpu oc wise as long as the vrm is capable of running your oc itll clock the same on any board

 

Never heard of mobos being able to push cpus higher past the bclk/fsb days where youd be stuck with a crap oc if your mobo is trash and cant clock fsb/bclk, only instances would be related to crappy vrms but thats about it

[Fasauceome]

14 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

due to low motherboard bin. 

Well, with motherboards it's not about "binning," it's simply down to the design. The power delivery of the VRM, plus the trace quality and board thickness, are what determines how well the board can handle a given CPU.

 

As explained, the cheaper boards of course do not have expensive power delivery. What particular board are you asking about?

[Somerandomtechyboi]

14 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Well, with motherboards it's not about "binning," it's simply down to the design. The power delivery of the VRM, plus the trace quality and board thickness, are what determines how well the board can handle a given CPU.

 

As explained, the cheaper boards of course do not have expensive power delivery. What particular board are you asking about?

Binning mobos does exist but its usually related to ram binning nowadays

 

A more recent example would be some dogshit z690 apexes not clocking past 6600

 

It was mostly relevant back in the bclk/fsb days hence why mobo binning has been mostly forgotten nowadays

[Beerzerker]

22 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Well, with motherboards it's not about "binning," it's simply down to the design. The power delivery of the VRM, plus the trace quality and board thickness, are what determines how well the board can handle a given CPU.

 

As explained, the cheaper boards of course do not have expensive power delivery. What particular board are you asking about?

Actually binning CAN apply, related to how the board behaves and yes, design matters and not in a small way.

Some boards, even if of the same design will differ in how they behave and that is one of the big differences between them but yes, design is usually the hallmark to go by.

Some boards will maintain good CPU power support under a heavy load, some might start backing off at the same CPU load with the same chip and there are other factors that will determine if that's so or not when tested.

All these variables add up to a final outcome/result when it comes down to it.

However  - You are correct in that you WANT a board designed and made for tweaking/OC'ing  if that's what you are trying to do with it in the first place.
Doesn't make sense to try and run a regular street car in a Gran Turismo race event because it will lose everytime.

[TheNaitsyrk]

Thanks for replies. I asked around some more and my issue doesn't seem to be with radiator space but with pressure. I will try to connect pump directly to the CPU block (I wanted to avoid is as I know pump generates tiniest amount of heat and even though it's neglibile I always wanted to make it as efficient as possible). I'll hook it up without a quick connect also to see if it helps and I'll report back