You can overclock a I5 3470

Discussion in 'Die-hard Overclocking & Case Modifications' started by AC_Avatar100400, Jan 10, 2013.

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    Hay gurus so recently a friend got a I5 3470 and i thought i would test it.
    And compare it to my old I3 2100 and new 3570k.

    I read ages ago you could play around with the cpu ratio in the bios or overclocking software like Asrock ETU.I was surprised at when i started my pc first boot the cpu was @ 3.2 then i rebooted with 3.6 and 4.0 and both seem to work and i see almost no temp chance with a Hyper 101.

    I did a video to show how to overclock hope its okay to post it.Would love to here your thoughts and opinions on this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILh7Pgmm5ng

    Me unboxing it and installing it
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYkOMTwVfc
     
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    Yes, i5 3470 can be overclocked to 4 GHz on all cores with ASRock Z77/Z75 motherboards. And to 3.6 GHz on all cores on other manufacturer motherboards, also probably plus 100MHz for each core disabled/inactive.
     
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    I dont think i asked a question anywhere in there i asked for thoughts and opinions on this.Thats about all
     
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    I just added that 4 GHz for i5 3470 requires ASRock motherboard and on other moatherboards it won't OC that much. You didn't mention this in video or OP.

    But, yeah, i5 3470/3570 with ASRock Z75/Z77 motherboards is great value.
     

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    Okay thanks for letting me know man i will update the video.
     
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    Intel allows you to overclock 4 bins above turbo on "locked" processors....which means it should overclock to 4.0ghz seeing as it has a 3.6ghz turbo clock. Doesn't matter which motherboard you have, 4.0ghz is the maximum clock for an i5 3470.
     
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    Not true, Asus does as well
     
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    Are you sure it does it on all cores?
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    Basically, i5 3470 on non-ASRock boards should go up to 3.7 GHz GHz on all cores and 4.0 GHz on single active core.
     
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    Yes I'm sure, called multicore enhancement. Asus was first to implement it in X79, gigabyte after. As rock was the last and implemented it in Z77
     
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    MCE boosts all cores' clock to TurboBoost's maximum. That's 3.6 GHz for i5 3470, 3.7 GHz on i5 2500/2500K, for example. But does it allow to boost it to maximum Turbo AND add +400 MHz OC on all cores?

    Anyone here with non-K CPU and MCE compatible MB can confirm or deny this?
     

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    Mine has MCE and it does.
    Also, gigabyte has it in their z68 sniper
    http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_g1_sniper_2_motherboard_review,15.html
     
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    Sorry to bump this old thread, But I had to add this, I bought a i5 3470 about 5 moths ago, And The board that I got with it in a deal is a Biostar TZ77A, And it goes up to 4ghz on 2 cores and 3.9ghz on 3 cores, And 3.8ghz on all 4 cores. So that is what the chip will do on it's own. I have not heard of any motherboards allowing any non K chip to allow the chips max multiplier on all 4 cores. All non K chips have a limit on all 4 and a limit on 3 and a limit on 2 with each 1 bin higher than the other. But you can up the bclk a tad to allow it to go to 4ghz on all 4 cores. But that is it.
     
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    ASRock Z75 and Z77 boards allow max multiplier on all cores. Biostar and probably other vendors don't have this feature.
     

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