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...I went into my Gigabyte H97's BIOS and found the settings for the CPU multiplier and voltage. I settings are currently locked since I have non-K CPU right now but does this mean the mobo I have is able to OC unlocked Intel CPU? 

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...I went into my Gigabyte H97's BIOS and found the settings for the CPU multiplier and voltage. I settings are currently locked since I have non-K CPU right now but does this mean the mobo I have is able to OC unlocked Intel CPU? 

yes and no

 

you can OC an unlocked CPU but only to a certain extend limited by the mobo VRMs

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You can still overclock even with non Z97 chipset.

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Yes. Gigabyte, MSI and Asus enabled overclocking on a lot of their chipsets (B85, H87/97 and H91). They don't have the power delivery to really support overclocking well, unlike the Z chipset boards, but they can do a bit. 

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Yes. Gigabyte, MSI and Asus enabled overclocking on a lot of their chipsets (B85, H87/97 and H91). They don't have the power delivery to really support overclocking well, unlike the Z chipset boards, but they can do a bit.

How far do you think the mobo could push an unlocked i7 4790k? With obviously a good cooler.

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How far do you think the mobo could push an unlocked i7 4790k? With obviously a good cooler.

whatever you can get within 1.2v on the vcore since this is the limit you can go with this board...so probably around 4.5ghz on all cores.

4790K is 4ghz stock already and 4.4ghz boost...so no need to overclock it to be honest it's a beast out of the box...so it makes sense to drop that chip even in a board that can't overclock.

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whatever you can get within 1.2v on the vcore since this is the limit you can go with this board...so probably around 4.5ghz on all cores.

4790K is 4ghz stock already and 4.4ghz boost...so no need to overclock it to be honest it's a beast out of the box...so it makes sense to drop that chip even in a board that can't overclock.

So, basically I can go as much as I want within the 1.2v on the vcore?

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So, basically I can go as much as I want within the 1.2v on the vcore?

most likely yes.

Are you allowed to mess with the vcore with your current processor? if so try to put 1.3v for example and see if the board allow it.

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So, basically I can go as much as I want within the 1.2v on the vcore?

here look at this:

http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-builds/141333-success-g5-case-build-ga-h97m-d3h-i7-4790k-radeon-hd-7770-a.html

 

user confirm:

I overclocked the 4790k to 4.5GHz stable at 1.195v.

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most likely yes.

Are you allowed to mess with the vcore with your current processor? if so try to put 1.3v for example and see if the board allow it.

 

I don't think I can since my CPU is a locked 4590.

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