Non-K overclocking on Haswell

Jovec

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Non-K overclocking on Haswell

What's possible with non-K Haswell i7s? Will motherboard multi-core turbo allow all cores to run at max turbo assuming enough thermal headroom? I also thought there was no bclk OC'ing on haswell non-Ks, true?

I doubt TSX is going to matter in the next couple of years for the mainstream, but I'm interested in VT-d. (4771 vs 4770k)
 

SPBHM

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it's not like ivy/sandy brdige, you can't play with turbo settings, just the small bclk OC (like 5%)
 

BSim500

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They removed the + 4-bins (+400Mhz free) extra limited OC that was present on SB & IB. All you've got is a very limited 200-400MHz Turbo (vs 600-800MHz of an i5-3570).

3470 = 3.2GHz Base but can be OC'd to 3.8-4.0GHz (3.4-3.6GHz Turbo + 400MHz)
4570 = 3.2GHz Base but can be OC'd to 3.4-3.6GHz (3.4-3.6GHz Turbo - NO extra +400Mhz "limited OC")

3570 = 3.4GHz Base but can be OC'd to 4.0-4.2GHz (3.6-3.8GHz Turbo + 400MHz)
4670 = 3.4GHz Base but can be OC'd to 3.6-3.8GHz (3.6-3.8GHz Turbo - NO extra +400Mhz "limited OC")