Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[Hornet331]

Actually...that makes no sense.

If it was the clock generator of some sort causing the 222MHz BCLK limit then it would surely be different across different manufacturers. But, if it is a limitation of the CPU it would show up on all boards, from all manufacturers, regardless of the board engineering and would have very slight variations (few MHz up and down).

Remember this, and then maybe we can revisit it sometime...

If Intel unlocks new QPI multipliers, particularly lower than 18x (16x and 14x would be nice) and unlocks the 20x multiplier we will be able to push the BCLK much higher. I heard that this is in the works in the likes of a BIOS patch, but I do not have this officially confirmed.

Well im not exactly sure if QPI clocks are really the culprit here, cause of the slowmode some boards offer. QPI clock is a lot slower then with this option, yet still the cpu has the same QPI limit.

Also we dont know which clock generator everyone uses, but the chance is high that all board manufacturors use the same clock generator from the same company. Ci7 is new teritory and usually suppliers of components are limited at the beginning of a new product.

Anyway, its just a random idea. We'll see soon enough i guess.