Celeron i3-G530: Overclock?

[GamingDaemon]

Hi Everyone,

Is it possible to overclock the Celeron i3-G530? If so, it it done by modifying the BLCK multiplier? And can I do that on an H61 mobo, or does it need to be on a Z68 mobo?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Kristijonas]

It is not i3-G530, it's "Celeron G530".

And no, it's not possible to overclock the processor, on no motherboard. But, it should be possible to overclock the integrated graphics.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The Intel® Celeron® G530 isnt designed to be an unlocked processor so while you can get some small overclocking out of it it won't be anything like the Intel Core™ i5-2500K. We have two chipset in the "6" that does allow the overclocking of the Intel Core i5-2500K that is the P67 and the Z68 chipset. H61 and H67 and Q67 won't allow overclocking of the core clock speed.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[GamingDaemon]

The Intel® Celeron® G530 isnt designed to be an unlocked processor so while you can get some small overclocking out of it it won't be anything like the Intel Core™ i5-2500K. We have two chipset in the "6" that does allow the overclocking of the Intel Core i5-2500K that is the P67 and the Z68 chipset. H61 and H67 and Q67 won't allow overclocking of the core clock speed.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Ok, thank you. You have answered two of my posts today! This is going in a low-power HTPC, with a discrete nVidia 430 video card, so overclocking really won't be necessary. I was more curious than anything else.

The i3-G530 can do Blu Ray playback, of course. But, I am going with the nVidia 430 card so I have more options to handle the nefarious 23.976Hz issue that everyone struggles with. This article helped me decided on the 430:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4380/discrete-htpc-gpus-shootout/16

 

[toyota]

lol, stop calling it an i3.

 

[GamingDaemon]

lol, stop calling it an i3.

Ok I keep thinking it is in the i3 class/category.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Ok I keep thinking it is in the i3 class/category.

but its not xD

 

[Zap]

Ok I keep thinking it is in the i3 class/category.

Slight distinction. The i3 has Hyperthreading and 3MB cache. The G530 doesn't have Hyperthreading, and only has 2MB cache. Also, I think it lacks Quicksync support that the i3 has.

 

[Bman123]

For the price the celeron is a very good cpu, i have no issues with mine at all

 

[Zap]

For the price the celeron is a very good cpu

I agree, but some may not feel the same. I was telling my boss about it and his first reaction was "ugh, Celeron." He just couldn't get over the name due to historic reasons, even after I told him it was a Sandy Bridge dual core.

 

[Spikesoldier]

The Intel® Celeron® G530 isnt designed to be an unlocked processor so while you can get some small overclocking out of it it won't be anything like the Intel Core™ i5-2500K. We have two chipset in the "6" that does allow the overclocking of the Intel Core i5-2500K that is the P67 and the Z68 chipset. H61 and H67 and Q67 won't allow overclocking of the core clock speed.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Correct. Intel killed overclocking on low and almost all mid and high-range chips beginning with Sandy Bridge.

In OP's case, the last sub-$99 chip that you could overclock significantly would be the first gen Core i3/Pentium Clarkdales, and as an added bonus, these chips also don't care if you are using a low or high end Intel chipset.

I love my Core i5 750 @ 4.0 though. The days of picking up a lower end Intel chip and overclocking like crazy is over. Now you gotta pay to play. Sucks for us gamers and enthusiasts on a budget.

 

[Bman123]

I agree, but some may not feel the same. I was telling my boss about it and his first reaction was "ugh, Celeron." He just couldn't get over the name due to historic reasons, even after I told him it was a Sandy Bridge dual core.

I would be lying if i tried to say i didnt think the same thing at first until i did some research. The old celerons were terrible but this g530 is a whole different class of cpu. I really wish intel wouldnt of named it celeron that alone will steer people away from it unless they do some kind of research.

 

[sm625]

Why not buy one of those $329 Gateway A6-3400M notebooks and use that as an HTPC?

 

[KayVeeEmm]

Why not buy one of those $329 Gateway A6-3400M notebooks and use that as an HTPC?

I have not seen an A6-3400M laptop this cheap. Perhaps it's an A4-3300M or lower?

If it's indeed an A6-3400M, then I will want a link on that.

 

[GamingDaemon]

I would be lying if i tried to say i didnt think the same thing at first until i did some research. The old celerons were terrible but this g530 is a whole different class of cpu. I really wish intel wouldnt of named it celeron that alone will steer people away from it unless they do some kind of research.

I'm a believer after only just a few days of using it. In my mind, it's an "Intel G530 Sandy Bridge". Period.

 

[ElFenix]

the "old" i3-530 is a tremendous overclocker.

the celeron g530 is pretty well locked down so no real overclocking potential.

stock clocks the i3-530 is going to be trading blows with the celeron g530.

overclocked the i3-530 would destroy the celeron g530.

problem is, the i3-530 is on a now EOL'd platform.

 

[toyota]

the "old" i3-530 is a tremendous overclocker.

the celeron g530 is pretty well locked down so no real overclocking potential.

stock clocks the i3-530 is going to be trading blows with the celeron g530.

overclocked the i3-530 would destroy the celeron g530.

problem is, the i3-530 is on a now EOL'd platform.

I dont see how the Celeron g530 could trade blows with the i3 530. Sandy Bridge only has a 10% advantage clock for clock with the same specs and the i3 530 is clocked much higher, has more cache and has HT.

 

[ElFenix]

I dont see how the Celeron g530 could trade blows with the i3 530. the i3 530 is clocked much higher and has HT.

maybe not quite trading blow but it's going to be close. the pentium G620 is wins a few and is close in nearly everything else compared to a i3 530
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/406?vs=118

the G530 only differs from the G620 by a couple hundred MHz and some cache so i don't think it's that much slower. could be wrong. the comparometer doesn't have the G530, unfortunately.

 

[pepeOO]

I agree, but some may not feel the same. I was telling my boss about it and his first reaction was "ugh, Celeron." He just couldn't get over the name due to historic reasons, even after I told him it was a Sandy Bridge dual core.

Sorry for my english

Okey, this is an ooooold topic, but I have to say than the G530 is a very powerful procesor and incredible for the price. I have an internet cofee and when I tested it and looked the price I just updated my 20 machines with them. It almost can run 2 1080p youtube videos at the same time (almost because you see a little shuttering with 2) and 1 with less than 50% cpu use (it is less than 50 but I don't remember now exactly how much), and it is ultra responsive. For HD movies, web surfing and office, it is a rocket (of course with all the aero efects on)

I have a i7-2600 and I build a pc for my girlfriend with a g530 and a dell 24' with 1920*1200 resolution, it isn't easy to see the diferent in normal use.

Sorry to resurect this topic but this "celeron" deserved it :sneaky:

You can only overclock the gpu of the procesor with any mobo from the 20 multi to 24-25

 

[lagokc]

I would be lying if i tried to say i didnt think the same thing at first until i did some research. The old celerons were terrible but this g530 is a whole different class of cpu. I really wish intel wouldnt of named it celeron that alone will steer people away from it unless they do some kind of research.

The only "old celerons" that were terrible were the original L2-cacheless 266 and 300 from 1998. Starting with the 300A Celerons were great bang for your buck and highly overclockable. Ok the Pentium 4 based ones were awful but the Pentium 4 was just awful so you can't really blame the Celerons for that.

 

[SammichPG]

The Intel® Celeron® G530 isnt designed to be an unlocked processor so while you can get some small overclocking out of it it won't be anything like the Intel Core™ i5-2500K. We have two chipset in the "6" that does allow the overclocking of the Intel Core i5-2500K that is the P67 and the Z68 chipset. H61 and H67 and Q67 won't allow overclocking of the core clock speed.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Intel killed budget overclocking trying to sell higher end parts, my (small) business will go to AMD instead.

A disgruntled e2160@3ghz owner.

 

[VirtualLarry]

The only "old celerons" that were terrible were the original L2-cacheless 266 and 300 from 1998. Starting with the 300A Celerons were great bang for your buck and highly overclockable. Ok the Pentium 4 based ones were awful but the Pentium 4 was just awful so you can't really blame the Celerons for that.

Well, the P4 Celerons were very cache-straited, so that's why they were so much worse than a "real" P4, even though compared to modern CPUs, the P4 isn't much of a CPU either.

 

[SPBHM]

Celeron 300A, 633, e3300, g1011 and a few others could be overclocked by 50%!

ahh, the good old days before lga 1155...
G530 is limited to around 5% OC.

 

[lagokc]

Celeron 300A, 633, e3300, g1011 and a few others could be overclocked by 50%!

ahh, the good old days before lga 1155...
G530 is limited to around 5% OC.

A lot of those early Celerons (300A, 366) could even be hacked to run in dual-socket boards in addition to a 50% overclock. I knew more than one guy with a cheap powerful dual-CPU computer back in the day. :awe: