What LGA 1150 boards can you oc on?

[GeorgeKellow]

Title says it all really? 

 

 

EDIT PLEASE READ! http://www.ebuyer.com/657687-asrock-b85-pro4-socket-1150-vga-dvi-d-hdmi-7-1-ch-hd-audio-90-mxgqb0-a0uayz  I know you cannot oc on this board, but is this a good budget Motherboard? 

[Interfectorem]

Z97 or Z87 chipset motherboards.

[aeroencychris]

Z97 or Z87 chipset motherboards.

I'd lean towards Z97. Not terribly expensive.

[NicekillBG]

all z chips

ze overclockz 

[Interfectorem]

I'd lean towards Z97. Not terribly expensive.

I would too, but both Z87 and Z97 can OC officially, which is what OP asked.

[GeorgeKellow]

I'd lean towards Z97. Not terribly expensive.

Expensive for me might not be expensive for you. I only really have £50-60 to spend! Poor guy I know 

[aeroencychris]

Expensive for me might not be expensive for you. I only really have £50-60 to spend! Poor guy I know 

"terribly expensive" implies it's not a $400 X99 board.

Here's a budget-y one.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97hd3

[GeorgeKellow]

"terribly expensive" implies it's not a $400 X99 board.

Here's a budget-y one.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97hd3

Thanks. I dont really like the gold bit. I'm going for a black and red build. Is there any way that I could paint the gold bits? 

[Gas_Mask_]

Any z or x chipset.

[GeorgeKellow]

Any z or x chipset.

I've never seen an 'x' chipset? 

[DunePilot]

Z and X chipsets are the overclocking boards on most every socket.

[DunePilot]

I've never seen an 'x' chipset? 

Its the whole tick tock intel thing.

[Naeaes]

Its the whole tick tock intel thing.

No it's not. X is for LGA2011 and LGA2011-3 sockets. Z is for LGA1150 and LGA1151. And the same goes for the sockets before them.

[DunePilot]

No it's not. X is for LGA2011 and LGA2011-3 sockets. Z is for LGA1150 and LGA1151. And the same goes for the sockets before them.

I guess you forgot about Z170 and X58??? Like I said... its been X and Z forever, every socket its either Zs or Xs?

[aeroencychris]

Thanks. I dont really like the gold bit. I'm going for a black and red build. Is there any way that I could paint the gold bits? 

Look at Linus' paint videos. It's not a fun process, I can't really recommend it.

You could try this, but it's a bit more expensive. Maybe wait for a sale?

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaming3

[GeorgeKellow]

Look at Linus' paint videos. It's not a fun process, I can't really recommend it.

You could try this, but it's a bit more expensive. Maybe wait for a sale?

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xgaming3

$100 or £92 where i'm from, isn't that steep for a mobo? 

[aeroencychris]

$100 or £92 where i'm from, isn't that steep for a mobo? 

Yes, that's why I said wait for a sale. Prices are weird this time of year.

[GeorgeKellow]

Yes, that's why I said wait for a sale. Prices are weird this time of year.

Thank you for your input! Much obliged 

[Naeaes]

I guess you forgot about Z170 and X58??? Like I said... its been X and Z forever, every socket its either Zs or Xs?

Umm, no I didn't. Z170 is the current chipset for LGA1151 -socket.

X58 is what I meant by 'the same goes for the sockets before them'. X58 was for LGA1366. But there has never been an X-chipset for the boards that have Z-chipsets and vice versa. The only time there ever was an X-chipset for mainstream sockets was during the late-LGA775 era way before there ever was a Z-chipset. Back then Intel only had the one LGA socket at a time. Since then there have been separate lines for servers/extreme (the X-chips and the LGA2xxx -sockets) and gaming/enthusiastic (the Z-chipsets and the LGA1xxx sockets)

 

But that was not my point. The point was that the sockets and the chipsets have nothing to do with Intel tick-tock -ideology. There have been ticks and tocks for all chipsets and all sockets. And not all of them are even LGA. Ticks and tocks go for laptops/netbooks and now for mobile too.

[Gas_Mask_]

I've never seen an 'x' chipset? 

X99?

[DunePilot]

Umm, no I didn't. Z170 is the current chipset for LGA1151 -socket.

X58 is what I meant by 'the same goes for the sockets before them'. X58 was for LGA1366. But there has never been an X-chipset for the boards that have Z-chipsets and vice versa. The only time there ever was an X-chipset for mainstream sockets was during the late-LGA775 era way before there ever was a Z-chipset. Back then Intel only had the one LGA socket at a time. Since then there have been separate lines for servers/extreme (the X-chips and the LGA2xxx -sockets) and gaming/enthusiastic (the Z-chipsets and the LGA1xxx sockets)

But that was not my point. The point was that the sockets and the chipsets have nothing to do with Intel tick-tock -ideology. There have been ticks and tocks for all chipsets and all sockets. And not all of them are even LGA. Ticks and tocks go for laptops/netbooks and now for mobile too.

I never said there were X and Z on the same chipset. You read entirely too much into my comment on the tick tock, I know exactly what the tick tock roll outs are. You took a stab at me for entirely misunderstanding what I was saying.

A lot of it is simply the way Intel does things, since they roll out new tech in a tick tock roadmap they tend to code name things in a similar fashion, such as code names which then always have a second rendition with "-E", they could've named it anything they wanted to. Also the enthusiast chipsets having a Z or an X, it follows the pattern they've been doing for 10 years or more. Don't assume that I mean Z chipsets are always followed by Xs, you've had Z follow each other and you've had Xs follow each other too (X48, X58).... But even the code names of their architecture and chipsets somewhat of a back and forth pattern. You read entirely too much into my comment.

Good day sir.