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Haswell overclocking

Bruno_A
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Hey, so, me and my mate have been looking at used gaming PC builds and came to a conclusion that a Haswell build is a great bang for the buck. I also know that there's something "special" with Haswell, which I'm not sure exactly sure what it is, but I know either non-K Haswell chips can be overclocked on Z-boards or K Haswell chips can be overclocked in non-Z boards. Can someone explain this better?

 

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To OC a Haswell chip, you need both a K SKU and a Z motherboard. The only exception was the Pentium G3258, which could be OCed on some h81 boards.

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