G3258 vs 4670k vs skylake

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I got Asrock Z87E ITX (Top of the line board with Japanese Caps, high-end onboard audio) for $100 last year . I wasn't lucky with CPU silicon lottery, so I used pretty high Vcore to achieve 4.6GHz : 1.36V (safe voltage must be less than 1.35V)
I couldn't get it up to 4.7GHz without a suicide OC (1.4V)

Quote:Get a 4670k or 4690k and a better mobo (B85 that allows OC)

You can overclock G3258 with a certain B85 board but I'm pretty sure you can't do the same on i5/i7 unless you flash the bios . You must have Z97 board
Quad Core is a better option . Though it's expensive, you will have up to 20% boost in Dolphin
btw, my i7 @ 3.4GHz completely destroys G3258 @ 4.6GHz in Cemu