Skylake overclocking on a budget has just been enabled, thanks to
ASRock introducing a way to overclock non-K series Skylake chips
using the base clock. Overclocking Intel’s latest chips usually requires
use of a CPU with an unlocked multiplier, such as the Core i7-6700K,
but in December 2015, ASRock officially announced its Sky OC
system, which is available via a BIOS update and effectively enables
you to overclock the base clock on
much cheaper Skylake CPUs.
According to ASRock, the only
catch is that the system disables
the on-board GPU, but that won’t be
a worry for anyone wanting to build
a budget gaming system with a
discrete graphics card. The system
also disables dynamic frequency
adjustment using Intel’s Turbo
Boost tech. Using an ASRock Z170
Pro4, ASRock says it’s been able to
overclock an Intel Core i5-6400
from its stock clock speed of 2.7GHz
to 4.3GHz, by overclocking the base
clock from 100MHz to 160MHz. The
company says it’s also overclocked
a Core i3-6100 to 4.4GHz using Sky
OC. We’ll be taking a closer look at
overclocking non-K series CPUs in
the next issue of Custom PC, so
watch this space.
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