My p8-b75v suddenly has overclocking options?!

[kamhagh]

Hi, I built this system long ago, for a reason I went to BIOS ( i have 3570k)
the strange thing is I noticed a few things:
first I can change BCLK easily. is it worth it and easy and safe? it's at 103 ATM!
I can change voltage!

best of all, I saw cpu ratio in the setting, afaik that's the cpu multiplier right? Sorry if I'm being stupid but It says that is the multiplier.

Can I actually overclock with this board? is it safe?

 

[CountMike]

Multiplier * BCLK = CPU frquency.
Multiplier may be locked but only for going higher, you can lower it any time.
Problem with OCing on BCLK is that memory speed will raise too so it may not work far up. In that case you would have to lower memory multiplier a notch.

 

[kamhagh]

Multiplier * BCLK = CPU frquency.
Multiplier may be locked but only for going higher, you can lower it any time.
Problem with OCing on BCLK is that memory speed will raise too so it may not work far up. In that case you would have to lower memory multiplier a notch.

well althought my Motherboard is b75 I recently discovered i can cpu ratio (it says max "non-turbo") to 34. i didn't do it out of fear, should I start slowly rising it? is it any good?

and oh, I just want to simulate a slower PC(Just for science 😀) is it safe to just take the blck down to 80 or anything without messing with voltage or is that dangerous?

 

[CountMike]

Yeah, sure, you can downclock safely but check if voltage goes down accordingly so it runs cooler and our fans should stay low too.

 

[kamhagh]

Yeah, sure, you can downclock safely but check if voltage goes down accordingly so it runs cooler and our fans should stay low too.

Thanks for your answer