G3258 overclock motherboard

[smolkomartin1]

Hi,

my friend ask me to build him a cheap computer. I want to get him Intel Pentium G3258 and OC it. But Z97 motherboards cost so much. I found someone using H81 and able to overclock. Is it still a thing? Will it work with Windows 10? Is possible to download beta BIOS with OC?

 

Link: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pentium-g3258-b81-cheap-overclocking,3888.html

 

Many thanks for help.

 

[Samppa221]

I have a Asus B85m-E in my little brothers pc and it can overclock it. It overclocked to 4.4GHz with the stock cooler.

[smolkomartin1]

20 minutes ago, Samppa221 said:

I have a Asus B85m-E in my little brothers pc and it can overclock it. It overclocked to 4.4GHz with the stock cooler.

And have you got some Beta BIOS installed? Is everything working fine? An how about temps

[Samppa221]

14 hours ago, smolkomartin1 said:

And have you got some Beta BIOS installed? Is everything working fine? An how about temps

it was the newest bios for the board. temps are like 80c while full load.

[smolkomartin1]

And volts? Also nice build. Very similar to mine

[smolkomartin1]

23 minutes ago, Samppa221 said:

it was the newest bios for the board. temps are like 80c while full load.

And volts? Also nice build. Very similar to mine 

[PCGuy_5960]

Buy an AsRock Z97 Anniversary... Just to be on the safe side because Intel requires a Z or an X chipset for overclocking

This board is the cheapest Z97 board I could find...

[PCGuy_5960]

You DO need a Z97 board for overclocking as we don't know if Intel decides to push a microcode update to disable overclocking on B chipset boards...

[smolkomartin1]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Buy an AsRock Z97 Anniversary... Just to be on the safe side because Intel requires a Z or an X chipset for overclocking

This board is the cheapest Z97 board I could find...

I would like to, but my friend want to go as cheap as possible. That's why I am asking. If it works and it is supported (he said is not beta), so.

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, smolkomartin1 said:

I would like to, but my friend want to go as cheap as possible. That's why I am asking. If it works and it is supported (he said is not beta), so.

I had read that Intel pushed a Windows Update that makes your PC crash when you overclock a Pentium G3258 on a B85 Motherboard...

I say that it is better to be safe than sorry, as, were this true, your friend's $50 for a B85 Motherboard would be wasted...

 

It's not that expensive for a Z Motherboard:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/BLW9TW/asrock-motherboard-z97anniversary

[TheGamingBarrel]

8 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

You DO need a Z97 board for overclocking as we don't know if Intel decides to push a microcode update to disable overclocking on B chipset boards...

Microcode updates dont WORK For disabling overclocking, since it can just be written over with other microcode, and you do not NEED A Z97, intel have left this for a very long time, they told people to introduce it with the G3258.

[PCGuy_5960]

4 minutes ago, TheGamingBarrel said:

Microcode updates dont WORK For disabling overclocking, since it can just be written over with other microcode, and you do not NEED A Z97, intel have left this for a very long time, they told people to introduce it with the G3258.

They did... Until they changed their mind...

http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=441&PN=8&title=kb3064209-breaks-the-g3258

 

As said:

In addition, due to Intel limitation, to support G3258 with Windows 10 configuration, update CPU Microcode is necessary.

However, updating CPU Microcode will make Non-Z OC doesn't work.

If you wish to overclock with G3258 instead of installing Win10, please use the previous BIOS.

[Samppa221]

43 minutes ago, smolkomartin1 said:

And volts? Also nice build. Very similar to mine

For some reason CPU-Z says it's a G3420.

[TheGamingBarrel]

6 minutes ago, Samppa221 said:

For some reason CPU-Z says it's a G3420.

It does that with some of the older versions.