overclocking Just bought a NEW PC!!!

[Sergio Urtiz]

I just bought a new PC from Best buy (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ibuypower-desktop-intel-core-i7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-120gb-solid-state-drive-1tb-hard-drive-black-white/5464600.p?skuId=5464600), it comes with i7-6700 and a h170 board can i just change the motherboard to a Z170 and overclock or is it not possible?

(Of corse i am also going to buy a new cpu cooler as well)

[MoonlightSylv]

No you need a K series CPU to overclock.

 

Also surprisingly that PC isn't overpriced, good job.

[rn8686]

You need a K CPU to overclock, buying a Z170 will not help. It would probably be better if you built this your self to save money. 

[Sergio Urtiz]

1 minute ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

No you need a K series CPU to overclock.

 

Also surprisingly that PC isn't overpriced, good job.

Yea i did my research and thank you 

[DrM]

6700 is a locked cpu so you wont have the multiplier. technically, if you found a right mobo and flashed an unofficial bios from before intel pulled bclk oc on non k chips, you could oc with bclk. there is a chance it might not work, and that it will brick your board, so its not really worth the effort.

 

btw thats a pretty solid deal, so good job (assuming the psu is okay)

[Carlos1010]

Wow, the price on that pre-built PC is really nice ans the price is really good

[Bradl79]

i still think that is a good price for what u get though, if u r gaming and u want overclock u r better to just build ur own

[MoonlightSylv]

18 minutes ago, rn8686 said:

You need a K CPU to overclock, buying a Z170 will not help. It would probably be better if you built this your self to save money. 

 

10 minutes ago, Bradl79 said:

i still think that is a good price for what u get though, if u r gaming and u want overclock u r better to just build ur own

Actually building an equivalent PC would cost more

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($294.68 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI H170 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Best Buy) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($37.50 @ Amazon) 
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ B&H) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card  ($444.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower Case  ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($64.99 @ B&H) 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($16.88 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($85.60 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1289.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-16 01:01 EDT-0400

 

That being said, I'd build mine anyway because I enjoy that.