i7 6700 OC

[TheOnlyNexus]

Hey guys,

 

just asking if there's a way to overclock my i7 6700 on an MSI B150 PC Mate (I know, that this thing is a shitty motherboard, but I ran out of money) ?

 

Thank you in advance

[pcshme33]

no, you don't have an overclockable cpu or motherboard.

[TheOnlyNexus]

Actually, I heard that there is a way to overclock non-k skylake CPUs, but only for Z170 motherboards. But in my mobo BIOS, there's an option "Overclocking"´, but it's not accessible.

[pcshme33]

2 hours ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

Actually, I heard that there is a way to overclock non-k skylake CPUs, but only for Z170 motherboards. But in my mobo BIOS, there's an option "Overclocking"´, but it's not accessible.

There WAS a way. Intel forgot to lock the base clock values on the non skylake cpus so people could just change the base clock to get a overclock on their cpu. About a week later it got patched.

[Slammer]

1 minute ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

Actually, I heard that there is a way to overclock non-k skylake CPUs, but only for Z170 motherboards. But in my mobo BIOS, there's an option "Overclocking"´, but it's not accessible.

That "BUG" that you could overclock on a non K cpu has been fixt by Intel with a microcode i think. And the bios thing mayby its from another motherboard

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

Actually, I heard that there is a way to overclock non-k skylake CPUs, but only for Z170 motherboards. But in my mobo BIOS, there's an option "Overclocking"´, but it's not accessible.

It's not going to be accessible on your motherboard. I suspect MSI just used the same UEFI for all their mobos and greyed out the unavaiable options.

 

If you do want to overclock it, get a combo of motherboard and aftermarket cooler.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim 67.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($49.85 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($141.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $191.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-10 12:34 EDT-0400

 

I also recommend Memory that's rated for high speed, so that you don't have to mess around with its speed as much.

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, Slammer said:

That "BUG" that you could overclock on a non K cpu has been fixt by Intel with a microcode i think. And the bios thing mayby its from another motherboard

The BIOSes before the microcode update are still out there so people can still flash them

[TheOnlyNexus]

OK, thanks for your replies. I'll think about it

[Slammer]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

The BIOSes before the microcode update are still out there so people can still flash them

Yes it can but microcode updates are sometimes done via Windows update. 

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, Slammer said:

Yes it can but microcode updates are sometimes done via Windows update. 

This is true; so far a microcode update has not been issued, and I suspect that as long as not too many people do it, it will not.

[Imakuni]

1 hour ago, TheOnlyNexus said:

Actually, I heard that there is a way to overclock non-k skylake CPUs, but only for Z170 motherboards. But in my mobo BIOS, there's an option "Overclocking"´, but it's not accessible.

You can still do it on Z170 mobos, but it has so many drawbacks it's not recommended.

1 hour ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

There WAS a way.

1 hour ago, Slammer said:

That "BUG" that you could overclock on a non K cpu has been fixt by Intel with a microcode i think. And the bios thing mayby its from another motherboard

As said, you can still do it (on Z170 anyways). All you need is to use microcode 74 or lower (76 is the patched one, but I've never seen 75).

 

Older bios with that code are still easily available. And there are even some fancier mobos that allow you to manually chose the microcode regardless of the bios, so you can run the latest one and still be able to OC just fine.

 

Though, as I've said, this is for Z170, which is not OP's case. And even if he did have a supported mobo, I would not recommend doing it. Still, gotta give correct information rather than just throwing out misinformed statements, even if the end result is the same.