i5 6600k or i5 6600 overclock

[shiba8]

Hey all, whats the latest on overclocking the i5 6600.
Have bought a used a msi z170a m7 motherboard, which im waiting to be delivered in a few weeks.
Trying to work out if i should buy a i5-6600k or i5-6600.
Ive read that intel will close the loop hole for overclocking the non k i5.

Also on the non k overclocks they loose temp readings and loose speed step.
Can anyone confirm or has any experience with this?
trying to save some cash and buy the non k version but if its trouble ill end up with the k version.

Thanks in advance for any advise.

 

[superninja12]

6600k for sure if u want to oc

 

[Suztera]

I wouldn't really bother going the non-k route.
You lose the use of AVX, the igpu, the cpu temp sensors, c-states, slower cache speed and you have to keep with an older bios, remove the intel micro code update and make sure every window update does not put back the intel micro code update.

 

[shiba8]

yeah i though that might be the best path. thanks again guys

 

[chenuki]

Sorry late to respond. That is a good board. i5 6600 will OC pretty well with non-K enabled BIOS in NOC Expert mode.

Intel asked vendors to apply a microcode update to disable Non K OC. For the most part this has already happened near beginning of the year. But download a Non K enabled BIOS from one of the OC sites you'll be good to go.

As for the mentioned disadvantages:
Speed Step is disabled because of reduced power management states.
Sleep still works. Hibernate works.
Integrated GPU is disabled.
AVX performance is low. Does not affect most games though.
CPU temp sensor works fine on my i3 6100

Microcode update is not a worry, since it's applied only by BIOS at every boot. Non K enabled BIOS skips the microcode update. OS updates does not affect non K OC. Windows Update works as normal. Only requirement is to stick with Non K enabled BIOS. Nothing else is required in maintaining OC.

Hope this helps!