Intel DP55WB overclock

[roudy-s]

Hello i would like to ask you if i can overclock my i5 750 cpu on my intel DP55WB mobo i have a gtx 970 and 16gb ram with 600w silberstone and a thermaltake cooler and coolermaster case how can i overclock my cpu for better performance and reach the sweetspot and do i need to enable intel turbo boost technology and thank you very much.

 

[The Paladin]

there are a couple of mentions regarding i5-750 and Intel DP55WB at
http://www.overclock.net/t/961785/trouble-properly-overclocking-i5-750-with-dp55wb
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1777607/overclocking-750-intel-dp55wb.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/overclocking/comments/50119o/overclocking_a_potato_intel_dp55wb_i5_750_267ghz/

 

[roudy-s]

I have read all of this but didn't quite understand how to overclock the cpu what are the steps to do in the bios to overclock my cpu without damaging it and thank you again

 

[william p]

That MB has a 95W CPU limit. I'm guessing a locked BIOS also. Here are 2 unlocked 95W LGA1156 CPUs.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/3742/intels-core-i5655k-core-i7875k-overclocked-and-analysed-
The i5 655K overclocks better.
http://valid.x86.fr/top-cpu/496e74656c28522920436f726528544d2920693520435055202020202020204b2036353520204020332e323047487a
Throttlestop 8.xx software can control multipliers and Voltage in Windows on locked BIOS MBs, and on unlocked CPUs raise them also. here's a thread on this.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/throttlestop-overclocking-desktop-pcs.235975/
Here are the kind of results it can produce. Mine is #2,( See my sig.) You will notice that the next few places are all Dells with locked BIOS MB using this method.
http://valid.x86.fr/top-cpu/496e74656c28522920436f726528544d29322045787472656d652043505520513638303020204020322e393347487a
Here's another TS overclocked Dell.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3530803
If you can get one of these CPUs to boot you should be good to go.

 

[william p]

The i5 is 2 core 4 thread. The i7 is 4 core 8 thread but only clocks to 4GHz. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

[The Paladin]

saying I5 is 2 core 4 threads is very inaccurate

the 655K is 2/4 but the 750 is 4/4 making it better cpu

i5-750 : https://ark.intel.com/products/42915/Intel-Core-i5-750-Processor-8M-Cache-2_66-GHz
i5-655K: https://ark.intel.com/products/48750/Intel-Core-i5-655K-Processor-4M-Cache-3_20-GHz

 

[william p]

I was referring to the 2 CPUs I linked in the previous post. They're both unlocked and were suggested for the OPs overclocking question.
The i5 655K is 2 core 4 thread unlocked CPU under 95W. It overclocks well.
The i7 875K is 4 core 8 thread unlocked 95W CPU. It's more powerful but hits a wall at 4GHz.
I guess that wasn't clear if you didn't follow the links I provided the OP. The 95W limit is required by that MB. The unlocked CPU is required by the locked BIOS.
I made the 2nd post as a correction because I had implied the i5 655K was better than the i7 875K because I thought it was 4 core like the I5 750 you provided. So my recommendation is not the i5 655K but the i7 875K unlocked alternative.