Overclocking Intel i3 3220?

[tardblog]

Hi everyone,

Just built my first rig and wondering if I can squeeze any performance boost from my 3220? I have it on an ASRock Extreme4.

Thanks!

 

[Sleepingforest]

You could bump up the baseclock to around 102 for a 2% increase in clock speed; that's about it, since the 3220 lacks an unlocked multiplier.

Would you consider selling those two parts and getting an i5-3570K and a Asrock Pro3 instead? I think Newegg is selling the two parts as a $300 combo right now.

 

[SPBHM]

You could bump up the baseclock to around 102 for a 2% increase in clock speed; that's about it, since the 3220 lacks an unlocked multiplier.

Would you consider selling those two parts and getting an i5-3570K and a Asrock Pro3 instead? I think Newegg is selling the two parts as a $300 combo right now.

I've seen BCLK as high as 104-109
take a look on hwbot.org

apart from the K CPUs the i5s and higher (with turbo support) can do some decent OC, normally around 500-600MHz (over the default clock, with turbo off)

 

[Insert_Nickname]

DO NOT mess with BCLK. In the Sandy/Ivy Bridge architecture it affects EVERYTHING, from the PCIe controller to SATA ports. Some components may fail if you push it over 100 MHz...

Anyway the gains are too small to be worthwhile.

 

[Bman123]

It's not worth messing around with

 

[SPBHM]

It's not worth messing around with

I don't see any huge problem, will it damage anything?
it's overclocking, give it a go and see if it works, your PC might become unstable so you can go back to 100 or whatever...
it seems like 105 (5% clock increase) is not rare.