Can I overclock the Pentium G3258 on this motherboard? ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0

[dan123123]

Was just wondering if i could overclock on this motherboard heres a link to it http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-DGS%20R2.0/?cat=Specifications
Could I over overclock to 4.4Ghz atleast on it or what is the max I could overclock ?

 

[geofelt]

If a motherboard supports a G3258, it should allow you to raise the multiplier.
Google for examples. You might want a bios update if you bought old stock on the motherboard.

As to how high is possible, it depends mostly on your luck in getting a good chip.
My guess is that 4.0 is all but certain. North of 4.6 and you have a golden chip.
The stock cooler in a well ventilated case will go most of the way.

Stress test with OCCT. It will stop the test at 85c.
Monitor the vcore, it should go no higher than 1.30.

 

[Calvin7]

There will not be a BIOS update to allow for OCing on ASRock non-Z platforms under windows 10.

If you wish to overclock with G3258 instead of installing Win10, please use the previous BIOS.

If any further question, please contact ASRock by their official E-mail box : http://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp

 

[dan123123]

There will not be a BIOS update to allow for OCing on ASRock non-Z platforms under windows 10.

If you wish to overclock with G3258 instead of installing Win10, please use the previous BIOS.

If any further question, please contact ASRock by their official E-mail box : http://event.asrock.com/tsd.asp

So if I install windows 10 Overclocking should work just fine ?

 

[SKIPPY PB]

From what the above guy said it sounds like no if you update to the latest bios.

I hit 4.2 on my G3258 with the stock cooler. It got a little hot at 4.4 and my case isn't well ventilated at all. For 30 bucks you can pick up a Hyper 212 cooler or whatever its called which might allow you to hit higher numbers. I didn't turn up the speed on my CPU fan either because it just throws the hot air around the case too much. I did an HTPC build though.

I agree with calvin tho just email the company and ask them if you can overclock an intel K series CPU on windows 10

 

[geofelt]

I think I would do some more research.
It would appear that there is some issue with windows 10 and overclocking a G3258.
Here is a link to the asrock tech support info on this:
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=441&PN=8&title=kb3064209-breaks-the-g3258

Here is a link I found that lists those motherboards that can support non "Z" overclocking of a G3258.
I would double check on any candidate.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389948

 

[dan123123]

I think I would do some more research.
It would appear that there is some issue with windows 10 and overclocking a G3258.
Here is a link to the asrock tech support info on this:
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=441&PN=8&title=kb3064209-breaks-the-g3258

Here is a link I found that lists those motherboards that can support non "Z" overclocking of a G3258.
I would double check on any candidate.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389948

So if I installed lets say windows 8.1 or lower id be able to overclock with this motherboard ?

 

[geofelt]

I think I would do some more research.
It would appear that there is some issue with windows 10 and overclocking a G3258.
Here is a link to the asrock tech support info on this:
http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=441&PN=8&title=kb3064209-breaks-the-g3258

Here is a link I found that lists those motherboards that can support non "Z" overclocking of a G3258.
I would double check on any candidate.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2389948

So if I installed lets say windows 8.1 or lower id be able to overclock with this motherboard ?

That is my reading of the situation.
If you do not now own the motherboard, I think I would look for one with assured oc capability.

 

[lower plebonia]

Bit of thread necromancy, but for people who might be putting together a real cheap W10 build... Update the board to latest bios (2.20 at the time of this post), restore default settings, then install windows 10 - let it update. Download BIOS v1.91 from http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H81M-HDS/?cat=Download&os=BIOS Use the instaflash version, and put it on a fat32 usb stick; boot into uefi and flash v1.91. Reboot and OC away - note - you can only OC via efi, not from windows. I had to lower the OC by approx. .25 GHz to keep windows 10 happy compared to win 7. But, other than that, all is well...