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It pretty frustrating that Intel is basically making it a "pay to overclock" situation. I have been away from the intel camp since the i7's came out so I'm a bit behind. But I thought the k series was intel finally embracing the OC community and giving us unlocked chips like amd's BE. But I did not realize they were going to restrict overclocking of others entirely...
Someone at intel said, "hmm, if we do this we can make $30-50 more for the same chip and enthusiasts will have to buy them." Makes me not want to jump on the Intel bandwagon
i don't think overclocking on non "k" chips is totally blocked. i'm pretty sure i saw someone saying they overclocked a 2600 to 4.0 by locking in the turbo multiplier.
I don't think Intel deliberately limited overclocking here , there is just no good chipset at the moment. I think Z68 will be much better .
turbo boost works core by core, but if the bios supports it you might be able to reach 4ghz on a non-k chip, but see my comment below
Actually the 2600k is only $23 more than the non-k chip, and with the 2500k it's only 16 but that's whole sale for 1000 tray it's the retailers that are gonna hit the big mark-up on the k chips
terramir
here i found it:
"For sale is a brand new i7 2600 "Sandy Bridge" socket 1155 CPU. New retail box, unopened, purchased yesterday.
Not the "K" but should be fine to 3.9-4.0 or so with Turbo multi locked in BIOS and ~103 bclk."
Watch the video from Newegg. The Intel rep explains the P67/H67 overclocking features. Basically, on the P67 you can overclock the CPU. On the H67 you can only overclock the GPU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-070-_-Product
Ummm... Does it matter that the cost of an unlocked multi is somewhere between $279-$330? Micro Center, Fry's or Newegg. You will get 35-50K ppd. (50K is a Dave estimate) A 980x capable of 50-55K ppd costs 1 large!!!:shocked: I'd rather have 3 2600Ks. You can whine all you want. AMD is guaranteed less bang for the buck when crunching. As are any chips other than SB. :rolleyes: