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Can I overclock Intel CPU with Integrated Graphics enabled?

fleshconsumed

fleshconsumed

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I tried googling, but couldn't get anything useful to come up. Most of the people who overclock use external GPU and have on die graphics disabled. I intend to upgrade my HTPC before the end of the year and I would prefer to use integrated graphics for simplicity, but I would also like to OC the CPU. So I am curious if I can overclock an ivy bridge/haswell i5/i7 cpus while having integrated graphics enabled. Is it possible? Will having integrated graphics enabled affect the overclock?
 
Oh yes. Take a look at BallaTheFeared's posts, he overclocks both a Haswell and its IGP and gets some pretty nice gaming results.
 
I run my 3570K with integrated iGPU enabled at 4400 every day all day with no problems. At 4500, voltage/heat becomes an issue with heavy use apps like Handbrake, so I stay at 4400.
 
I'm picking up Haswell soon (coming from a Q9450). Can you turn off the integrated GPU or underclock it then in order to reduce heat?
 
You can disable the IGP on bios, but it will always draw a very small amount of power, the effect on heat should be minimal to nothing.
 
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