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12 minutes ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

 

are all the intel processors that's newer then my i5 8400 are they all locked?

The SKUs ending with a "K" are unlocked. 8700K, 8600K, etc.

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i have a i5 8400 and when i have gotten it i never knew anything about locked processors.

So here i am is it possible to unlock an intel i5-8400 to overclock it?

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No. You can't simply unlock a processor. It is impossible to overclock that chip.

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The only you can do is BCLK overclocking, but I don't know if that is a thing anymore with Coffeelake CPU's, as Intel was not a fan of this last gen.

BCLK is basically overclocking while keeping the same multiplier (the multiplier is the easy way too OC and is the thing unlocked CPU's have.. Unlocked :P )

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15 minutes ago, Fixinit1 said:

No. You can't simply unlock a processor. It is impossible to overclock that chip.

 

14 minutes ago, Minibois said:

The only you can do is BCLK overclocking, but I don't know if that is a thing anymore with Coffeelake CPU's, as Intel was not a fan of this last gen.

BCLK is basically overclocking while keeping the same multiplier (the multiplier is the easy way too OC and is the thing unlocked CPU's have.. Unlocked :P )

are all the intel processors that's newer then my i5 8400 are they all locked?

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12 minutes ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

 

are all the intel processors that's newer then my i5 8400 are they all locked?

The SKUs ending with a "K" are unlocked. 8700K, 8600K, etc.

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15 minutes ago, JDE said:

The SKUs ending with a "K" are unlocked. 8700K, 8600K, etc.

Alright thank you!.

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3 minutes ago, GrizzlyBear0 said:

Alright thank you!.

Be aware you also need a Z series overclocking board to overclock these chips.

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I Have i5-10210u and he locked at 1609mhz and he can reach 4.2ghz with out overclocking I want to unlock it

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8 hours ago, HurAli said:

i5-10210u

It is not a K series CPU so no, you cannot unlock it.

 

Try using ThrottleStop. You might be able to increase the PL1 and PL2 turbo power limits. That is how you get maximum performance out of a locked CPU. 

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