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So originally there was a big hullabaloo about the 20th Anniversary Pentium being able to overclock, which combined with the ability to enable non-Z chipset overclocking on all CPU's including the K-series unlocked quad cores. I read it, it was cool though I never ordered anything because I didn't need a new computer at the time, and after TomsHardware made the combination famous, it sounds like Intel "cracked down" (or said they were going to) locking out (at least) K-series quad overclocking on cheap non-Z motherboards "even through Windows Update" if a person refused to update their BIOS, after which nearly all discussion on this combination seemed to die down. (or at least all my google searches always show July 2014 as about as late as the conversations seemed to happen - right when Intel said they'd castrate anyone trying to do it)
So did they ever do it? I cannot find any kind of verification one way or another whether they did, or what they did, if indeed they even did anything. (assuming this was not some kind of psy-ops "head fake" to make people think the party was over to go home early even if they didn't release ANYTHING, it's clear all talk of it massively died down)
Whats the current story? Did people who had overclocked non-Z combos suddenly find their cpu's reverted to stock GHZ settings even without touching the BIOS or what?
The reason that i'm asking is because i'm looking to build a couple of combos like that now for a couple of friends looking for a good value deal, and I don't know if that's a combo that can be recommended or not. (the ideal being OC a 20th anniversary now, and have the ability to slap in a K-series later in the future) I cannot for instance tell whether it's still possible to even overclock a 20th anniversary pentium on these boards, or whether only K-series quads were locked out, or whether nothing changed and it was just PR games of Intel trying to scare people out of buying the combos.
If it were necessary to turn off BIOS updates or even Windows Update (carefully choosing which updates to install, if only one or certain ones actually forced the K-series lockout on H81 H87 H97) to make it work that would be fine too - long as I know that's what it is - since for a game only system am less concerned about security or whatever. Just have an OS backup of a working install and mostly only game on it.
It also raises the question of whether motherboards still out in retail would have been forcibly updated to a BIOS which locks out K-series, or if they could be backdated to an older one if they have been, or anything else. Can anyone either direct me to threads where this might have otherwise been discussed or where people who did these combos can assert they're still working as of now? Even if it's only to clarify 20th Anniv Pentiums will always be safe and it's only quad-K's they were miffed about, I can find NO INFORMATION following Intel's promise of a "crackdown" with the google search terms I keep trying.
So did they ever do it? I cannot find any kind of verification one way or another whether they did, or what they did, if indeed they even did anything. (assuming this was not some kind of psy-ops "head fake" to make people think the party was over to go home early even if they didn't release ANYTHING, it's clear all talk of it massively died down)
Whats the current story? Did people who had overclocked non-Z combos suddenly find their cpu's reverted to stock GHZ settings even without touching the BIOS or what?
The reason that i'm asking is because i'm looking to build a couple of combos like that now for a couple of friends looking for a good value deal, and I don't know if that's a combo that can be recommended or not. (the ideal being OC a 20th anniversary now, and have the ability to slap in a K-series later in the future) I cannot for instance tell whether it's still possible to even overclock a 20th anniversary pentium on these boards, or whether only K-series quads were locked out, or whether nothing changed and it was just PR games of Intel trying to scare people out of buying the combos.
If it were necessary to turn off BIOS updates or even Windows Update (carefully choosing which updates to install, if only one or certain ones actually forced the K-series lockout on H81 H87 H97) to make it work that would be fine too - long as I know that's what it is - since for a game only system am less concerned about security or whatever. Just have an OS backup of a working install and mostly only game on it.
It also raises the question of whether motherboards still out in retail would have been forcibly updated to a BIOS which locks out K-series, or if they could be backdated to an older one if they have been, or anything else. Can anyone either direct me to threads where this might have otherwise been discussed or where people who did these combos can assert they're still working as of now? Even if it's only to clarify 20th Anniv Pentiums will always be safe and it's only quad-K's they were miffed about, I can find NO INFORMATION following Intel's promise of a "crackdown" with the google search terms I keep trying.
