i5 7400 Overclocking ?

[jessenwindlim]

you see , my frine just bought a prebuilt pc with i5 7400 and 2gb gtx 1050 with 2x 4 gb 2400 mhz ram , he thinks being the cleverest he is , that the i5 7400 is overclockable

obviously this i know is imposibble , but he said the guy that built his pc"s said his motherboard allows overclocking , is it true , that in some cases the i5 7400 is overclockable ? , and how ?

because iam tired of him saying " i can overclock it later " as a reason not to buy the i5 7600/ 7600k

and we had a debate over this for a frekin week , i just wanna know

 

[vinnykellberg]

As you said yourself, a locked Kaby Lake chip cannot be overclocked. Skylake chips that were locked could be overclocked on a certain bios on certain motherboards, but then revisions got released. To be honest, a I5 7400 is more than good enough for gaming. Also, just because the motherboard supports OCing, doesn’t mean the CPU does. But I’m sure you knew that

 

[Lutfij]

non K suffix processor cannot be overclocked even if you dropped a non K processor into a Z series chipset. That being said, if your friend has a Z series chipset, the board will allow you to overclock provided you:
a| Have a K suffix processor
and
b| Have ram that will allow for overclocking
and
c| Have ample cooling and power for the platform

Best state your friend's specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

So we can put the final nail in that coffin.