Bug In Intel H87 Chipset Allows Ratio-Based Overclocking

ivanlabrie

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H87 can oc via ratio!

Pretty sweet bios bug lets you oc with these cheep boards...I may score one and a 4770k soon

Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/h87-express-overclocking-bug,23273.html

 

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Nice, but that would be messed up if a bios update fixes said bug. Alot of people will be pissed.

 

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I'm never updating that bios

 

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Cool!

You think its a good idea to overclock on a board not made for it? Less power phases, voltage controls. Not sure this really benefits much consider bclk/strap abilities of locked chips.

Also, the locking of the multi, I thought, was in the cpu??

 

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Nope, doesn't seem like it...and you can touch bclk there I believe...I'm giving it a shot.

 

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ivanlabrie said:

Nope, doesn't seem like it...and you can touch bclk there I believe...I'm giving it a shot.

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Interesting. According to the article is works on this Motherboard:

ASRock Fatal1ty H87 - $105.

While MSI Z87-G43 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 - $120

and you need a 4770K (while the article does state) that it doesn't know if it will work with a 4670K or not.

Intruging? Yes! Penny wise and pound foolish? - you betcha!

Nice find

 

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Would it work on a Gigabyte board?

I'd rather get a similar giga h87 board...but I may go for the fatality one.
Should be able to get it in two weeks.

 

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And likewise, a pricier board with dual BIOS would solve the BIOS update problem but then you're back to not having a cheaper board, just a cheaper CPU.

 

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I'm getting an h87 board...can't afford more than that atm but can't keep using a pentium d without loosing my mind any longer. Got a 7970 that does 1300/1940 and can't bench it and 2600mhz capable psc ram.

 

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Good news is Asrock claims it's a feature and that the board has 8 power phases: http://www.asrock.com/news/index.asp?cat=News&ID=1461

 

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Sounds good let us know how it works.

 

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ivanlabrie said:

Good news is Asrock claims it's a feature and that the board has 8 power phases: http://www.asrock.com/news/index.asp?cat=News&ID=1461

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Works on 4770K & 4670K according to the screenshot on the link.

 

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Yup, it sure does...It's a feature, not a bug, Asrock says so at least, and there are other boards coming with it.
I hope Gigabyte hops into this as well, and maybe Asus.