just my thoughts on h110 and non-k intel

[Owen_23]

I could be dumb about this i have a gigabyte h110 iv'e had it for a while i started with a g4400 3.3ghz and moved up to a i5 7600k 3.8-4.2ghz my question is why can't a h110 overclock it's clear it can handle higher speeds and power delivery i'm thinking it's intel not wanting people to spend 70 dollars and get something decent

 

[Dunlop0078]

Yeah pretty much, I cant think of a better reason.

 

[SkyNetRising]

If you wanted to OC, then you have to buy appropriate hardware.
If you want to go cheap, then live without OC.

BTW - don't expect OC to give you miracles. Usually performance gain is not worth the expenses.

 

[Dunlop0078]

If you wanted to OC, then you have to buy appropriate hardware.
If you want to go cheap, then live without OC.

BTW - don't expect OC to give you miracles. Usually performance gain is not worth the expenses.

I disagree if you want to overclock you have to buy a mobo where intel flipped the switch to allow overclocking, there is very little hardware difference between say a H270 and Z270 board. There is nothing about the VRM on the vast majority of cheap H110 mobo's that will not allow for at least a mild overclock, besdies intel just not allowing it. AMD for example allows overcloking on all of it's ryzen mobo's.

Intel is just stingy and wants you to buy an expensive k chip that is in no way different from comparable non k chips besides having an unlocked multiplier. And if you buy that expensive k chip you also need to buy a Z mobo to overclock it.