Overclock Skylake i3 6100

[GamingPC 4]

So I am quite late in getting a Skylake CPU and I wondered if it would be at all possible to overclock it given the right motherboard. I then read that Intel was stopping this. Any info as to this now would be great as I don't know if I should spend extra money on a Z170 mobo.

Thanks in advance

 

[BadActor]

Asrock has a couple of motherboards that can overclock the locked Skylake CPU's without the need for a special Bios.

http://www.eteknix.com/asrock-finds-way-bypass-intels-non-k-bclk-oc-limits/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157695&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157697&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[GamingPC 4]

Asrock has a couple of motherboards that can overclock the locked Skylake CPU's without the need for a special Bios.

http://www.eteknix.com/asrock-finds-way-bypass-intels-non-k-bclk-oc-limits/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157695&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157697&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Thank you very much. I'm guessing that they can be over clocked the same way as they used to be (if that makes sense).

 

[BadActor]

Yep, just like the good old days, lol.

 

[DSzymborski]

Asrock has a couple of motherboards that can overclock the locked Skylake CPU's without the need for a special Bios.

http://www.eteknix.com/asrock-finds-way-bypass-intels-non-k-bclk-oc-limits/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157695&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157697&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Thank you very much. I'm guessing that they can be over clocked the same way as they used to be (if that makes sense).

Intel was not pleased about this - ASRock disabled SKY OC in a BIOS update a couple of months ago.

 

[BadActor]

Asrock has a couple of motherboards that can overclock the locked Skylake CPU's without the need for a special Bios.

http://www.eteknix.com/asrock-finds-way-bypass-intels-non-k-bclk-oc-limits/

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157695&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157697&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Thank you very much. I'm guessing that they can be over clocked the same way as they used to be (if that makes sense).

Intel was not pleased about this - ASRock disabled SKY OC in a BIOS update a couple of months ago.

These two boards have an external clock generator to accomplish the Bclock overclocking, nothing Intel can do about it. See the link above for more info.

 

[DSzymborski]

Completely missed that. My apologies!

 

[GamingPC 4]

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[GamingPC 4]

Yep, just like the good old days, lol.

I found this link with downloads for BIOS to overclock non-K series motherboards so I was wondering if I could get a Z170 motherboard, install an older BIOS and then overclock the i3 6100.
Here is the link: http://overclocking.guide/overclocking-non-k-intel-skylake-cpus-performance-tests/

 

[BadActor]

Yep, just like the good old days, lol.

I found this link with downloads for BIOS to overclock non-K series motherboards so I was wondering if I could get a Z170 motherboard, install an older BIOS and then overclock the i3 6100.
Here is the link: http://overclocking.guide/overclocking-non-k-intel-skylake-cpus-performance-tests/

I don't know the answer to that one. i've heard that reverting to an older Bios supporting overclocking was made impossible and I've also heard it was possible.