Overclocking on a Gigabyte B85N motherboard

[glaudiusmaximus]

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if my Gigabyte B85N motherboard can overclock my i5-4670k? From older posts I came across, they say no and will need to replace it. However there are other post that say there was a BIOS update that allows you to overclock cpu's. I do see some options to do alterations to my cpu but dont know if that allows me to overclock or if it will do it well.
Any aspect on what I should will help a a lot.

My Rig
CPU: i5-4670k with stock fan (I know the fan is really bad)
GPU: GeForce GTX 770 EVGA SC W/ ACX Edition SLI (02G-P4-2774-KR)
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-B85N
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600
Storage: Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB
PSU: Corsair CX Series CX600 600W 80 Plus Bronze
OS: Windows 7 64
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black)
Fans: 2 x 120mm stock fans (Came with the case)
1 x 200mm AeroCool Silent Master (Blue LED)
Age of all components: 4 Years

 

[Barty1884]

There were *some* BIOS revisions, from some manufacturer's that allowed some overclocking on non-OCing chipsets...... I don't know for sure whether Gigabyte offered one/any though.

The BIOS revisions were soon replaced though, and if you're running the latest BIOS (v.F6 or F7a as per Gigabyte's website), in all likelihood, that functionality has been removed - if it was ever present to begin with.

Ultimately, non "Z" chipset motherboards don't tend to have much beyond the bare minimum as far as power-delivery/VRM cooling etc. Meaning, even if your BIOS 'could' allow OCing, whether you should or not, is still a no.