Overclocking i3 530

[McRonald]

I have a Asrock h55m-le and a i3 530. I'm planning to overclock my i3 530 and using an aftermarket heatsink. A friend told me that I need a K series cpu and a Z series mobo to overclock it. Can anybody clarify this? Does this mean I can't overclock my i3 530? Thank you.

[paddy-stone]

No, you can overclock it still.. it's just not as easy. Search for BCLK overclocking.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=BCLK+overclocking&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=ywAiWKGwLO286ASt_KfgAQ

[Wohaaa]

He is wrong. Well, not wrong, but not right. Yes, you need a K series to overclock because the multiplier is locked, but Z motherboards are only for LGA 1150 and LGA 1151. (Maybe there are more sockets that I am not aware of. Please correct me if I'm missing them.) Your i3 is a 1st generation. It doesn't use Z chipsets. They are not even compatible. You can overclock your i3, but I doubt it will be worth it. I myself have an old i3 540 that I used 2 years ago that still works, but overclocking did not give me any actual benefit other than 56 points more in cinebench.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

No, you can overclock it still.. it's just not as easy. Search for BCLK overclocking.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=BCLK+overclocking&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=ywAiWKGwLO286ASt_KfgAQ

LMGTFY is not allowed as far as I remember

 

But for such an old cpu like that it's not worth it going overeclock at all

[RGProductions]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

LMGTFY is not allowed as far as I remember

 

But for such an old cpu like that it's not worth it going overeclock at all

 

That's LMGTFY website. posting google links is allowed in this case AFAIK.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, RGProductions said:

That's LMGTFY website. posting google links is allowed in this case AFAIK.

even so @paddy-stone failed to spell BCLK right

[manikyath]

should probably add that OCing an i3 530 is probably not very worth it beyond "for science", they're getting quite the age on them and arent really up to par anymore..

 

even if you can squeeze out another 10% with BCLK overclocking (which will potentially turn the rest of your system on the iffy side) it's not a notable increase in performance.

 

here's how far we've gotten since the i3 530:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6100-vs-Intel-Core-i3-530/3511vsm132

[vorticalbox]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

should probably add that OCing an i3 530 is probably not very worth it beyond "for science", they're getting quite the age on them and arent really up to par anymore..

 

even if you can squeeze out another 10% with BCLK overclocking (which will potentially turn the rest of your system on the iffy side) it's not a notable increase in performance.

 

here's how far we've gotten since the i3 530:

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6100-vs-Intel-Core-i3-530/3511vsm132

 

that i3 530 market share jump at the end.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, THE PC GAMER said:

He is wrong. Well, not wrong, but not right. Yes, you need a K series to overclock because the multiplier is locked, but Z motherboards are only for LGA 1150 and LGA 1151. (Maybe there are more sockets that I am not aware of. Please correct me if I'm missing them.) Your i3 is a 1st generation. It doesn't use Z chipsets. They are not even compatible. You can overclock your i3, but I doubt it will be worth it. I myself have an old i3 540 that I used 2 years ago that still works, but overclocking did not give me any actual benefit other than 56 points more in cinebench.

iirc first gen cpu can be oc without needed of a k or z mobo

[manikyath]

Just now, vorticalbox said:

that i3 530 market share jump at the end.

that's the one guy that benchmarked one of them

[McRonald]

Thank you all for the replies I guess it isnt worth OCing this cpu and might just screw up my good ol' 8 year old rig. Grampa gaming rig thank y'all  

[Jumper118]

23 minutes ago, McRonald said:

Thank you all for the replies I guess it isnt worth OCing this cpu and might just screw up my good ol' 8 year old rig. Grampa gaming rig thank y'all  

tbh i dont see why you wouldnt overclock it, its free performance and it should do 3.6-3.8ghz easy which is a big jump. 

[paddy-stone]

5 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

LMGTFY is not allowed as far as I remember

 

But for such an old cpu like that it's not worth it going overeclock at all

 

5 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

even so @paddy-stone failed to spell BCLK right

LOL, well done, you spotted my mis-type before I noticed it (was all of like 10 seconds after posting I noticed it), not mis-spell BTW... and since when has posting url's been not allowed? even if it is a google search link.