Overclocking H67. What do you think?

[kkk60091]

What about changes made with software? I note Gigabyte told me (the tech support that seems to know nothing) that the GA-H67MA-UD2H cannot overclock.

if you mean GA easy tune 6, then the answer is still no. It doesn't give you access to cpu multiplier either. the only way to manually overclock is raise that BCLK, which won't get you very far~~.

I think this is about it. I am just going to move this setup to the living room and wait for my p67+2600k to come in the next few days.

 

[coffeejunkee]

Can you overclock the gpu?

A bios update could unlock oc options. Does seem a bit unlikely, it's already F6 version and retail without oc options? Maybe support for turbo overclocking but I don't really expect more.

Maybe different brands offer different options. I mean, look at the cpu power circuitry on MSI ED55 board. DrMos, high quality chokes, caps and vrm's, massive heatsink with heatpipe...all this for overclocking an igp?

Else this sucks. I wanted to built a 4.5GHz office/internet machine for my dad. Seems I'll have to wait for Z68.

 

[Minjin]

So what's the final verdict here? Or is it still too early?

1. Can we OC K chips on H67?
2. Can we OC the GPU on K chips on H67?
3. Aside from OCing and the obvious differences (such as number of PCIE slots), is there any performance difference between H67 and P67?

 

[PreferLinux]

So, Intel finally got back with a proper answer

Our product engineer confirmed that there's an error in the pdf. We are fixing that.

So now you know, it's a mistake, so no, you can't overclock with the H67 chipset and you'll have to wait for Z68 which should be out between now and Computex...

The GPU can be overclocked on any chip with H67. I don't know of any performance differences.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Hate to bring this thread back but hell i wanna know the same thing,if h67 can oc.

I have a gigabyte h67m-d2-b3 and a i3 2100 which has a locked clock with no turbo but in my bios there is a option to change the multi on there,but since i have no turbo it refuses to change.

Does this mean if a drop in a 2500k it will possibly oc to its highest turbo frequency as i heard stories that by limited ocing thats what happens.

March i do intend to drop in a 2500k just to answer this question once and for all.

 

[dma0991]

Hate to bring this thread back but hell i wanna know the same thing,if h67 can oc.

NO.

 

[MontyAC]

You need a P or Z board to overclock a k chip.

 

[PreferLinux]

Hate to bring this thread back but hell i wanna know the same thing,if h67 can oc.

I have a gigabyte h67m-d2-b3 and a i3 2100 which has a locked clock with no turbo but in my bios there is a option to change the multi on there,but since i have no turbo it refuses to change.

Does this mean if a drop in a 2500k it will possibly oc to its highest turbo frequency as i heard stories that by limited ocing thats what happens.

March i do intend to drop in a 2500k just to answer this question once and for all.

No. But there's no point other than price anyway, now that Z68 is out.

 

[janas19]

Well, seems like if that guy is to be believed (I haven't confirmed it myself) that Gigabyte H67 Bios has a clock multiplier in it. That's damn interesting, I never heard of an H67 board with clock multipliers in the BIOS.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Well, seems like if that guy is to be believed (I haven't confirmed it myself) that Gigabyte H67 Bios has a clock multiplier in it. That's damn interesting, I never heard of an H67 board with clock multipliers in the BIOS.

My motherboard has a whole "m.i.t or motherboard intelligence tweaking" submenu and the first thing you see is the cpu ratio for my i3 2100 and to the right it says"set cpu ratio if cpu ratio is unlocked"

Scrolling down in the m.i.t there's even settings for adjusting memory voltage the vid voltage and stuff of that nature.

While it doesn't have a billion and one options it does seem at first glance that perhaps the motherboard can oc a said chip to the max turbo frequency and that is about it.

Hell in the m.i.t in one submenu there's the term"overclocking "right in there with some performance preset in the same menu.
Dropping a 2500k in here in a couple days to see whats up worst case the bios is a fake and all those options are for looks LOL and i grab a z68 or if it does oc to some extent i will hold out for a while for a new motherboard LOL.

 

[Rvenger]

H67 has multipliers from 16x to max turbo speed of CPU. P and Z go from 16x to 60x depending on board.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Went to frys today and picked up a 2500k.

Disabling c3,ce1 and any other power savings in the bios and setting the multiplier to 37x yields in a all day long 3.4ghz oc and idk why but the multiplier has adjusted itself to 34x basically one notch above stock .

Why the option to change the multiplier all the way up to 37x but it posting and operating at 34x is beyond me and i am still trying to figure out if the motherboard refuses to go beyond 34x and i should count myself lucky for this small oc or if there's something i am missing?

 

[PreferLinux]

Went to frys today and picked up a 2500k.

Disabling c3,ce1 and any other power savings in the bios and setting the multiplier to 37x yields in a all day long 3.4ghz oc and idk why but the multiplier has adjusted itself to 34x basically one notch above stock .

Why the option to change the multiplier all the way up to 37x but it posting and operating at 34x is beyond me and i am still trying to figure out if the motherboard refuses to go beyond 34x and i should count myself lucky for this small oc or if there's something i am missing?

Plain and simple, you just proved that H67 does not overclock (not even limited overclock). It does use turbo though, as evidenced by the 34x multiplier – the four-core turbo, which is used almost all the time.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Plain and simple, you just proved that H67 does not overclock (not even limited overclock). It does use turbo though, as evidenced by the 34x multiplier – the four-core turbo, which is used almost all the time.

The turbo option for this motherboard is the only thing that actually allows me to run over stock clocks at 3.4ghz either idle or 100% cpu load.

If i shut off turbo it defaults at 3.3ghz:awe:

Kinda figured the results and i did purchase the 2500k with plans to eventually buy a z68 or z77 motherboard depending on compatibility with z77 and the sandy chips but it was a interesting test.