(09-21-2016, 11:38 AM)admin89 Wrote: 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)
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
I originally thought I couldn't OC with it too, but this guy on Overclock.net with the same B85 board as me was able to overclock his 4670k with the F14 BIOS. I assume the F15 BIOS disables overclocking, since it mentions Intel microcode updates and Windows 10
http://www.overclock.net/t/1599459/gigabyte-b85m-d3h-overclocking-a-i5-4670k
Luckily, this board was dual-BIOS so I don't have to be afraid of bricking my board.