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late last year asrock broke the news that they discovered how to overclock any and all intel sky like desktop processors using one of theirs e170 motherboards using the base clock method it was now possible to push relatively inexpensive processes such as the core i5 6400 from a standard operating frequency of just 2.7 gigahertz to well over 4 gigahertz this was incredible news for budget builders though most of his feared and well expected Intel to try and block the overclock now two months later until his force board partners such as a drug to roll out a bios update that removes the overclock on non k processes so what does this mean for enthusiasts that me the overclocked turn on k processor or a plan to there's a heap of misinformation out there about how Intel's update is rolled out and how it will impact overclock is in this short video I hope to provide some information that will help clear things up how Intel disables the base clock overclock is through a micro code update and it seems almost everyone realizes this but if you understand how the microcode is delivered and how it works firstly Intel can't deliver this update by our Microsoft Windows Update this is the theory I hear the most the CPU micro courage is part of the motherboards BIOS in other words it lives within the BIOS code and not the CPU or Windows based software so if you're currently rocky a non case sky like overclock the only possible way if you lose it by updating your BIOS to a newer version that features Intel's latest microcode the asrock said 170 extreme plus for example supported the non-key overclock using bios version 2.1 6 a version which has now been removed from the asrock website the latest version 2.60 features the updated microcode referring to 0 x 76 which removes the sky OC function so what happens if you buy a news at 170 motherboard which has already been loaded with the updated bios and therefore microcode assuming you can get your hands on the OC bios it's possible to flash back to the previous version to regain the base quater overclocking ability again the microcode isn't written to the cpu and is kept at the bias level so rolling back isn't a problem to confirm this i updated my z 170 extreme seven plus the motherboard to version 2.6 oh and sure enough the overclocked no longer work after rolling back to version 2.1 six the ability of overclocked my nan ke process is returned so the key issues stopping non case khaya cohen is from overclocking is the ability to download a supporting by us as manufacturers such as asrock have been pressured by intel into removing them from their website thankfully they are available from resources such as overclocking guy which i'll link in the description they've amassed a huge amount of non KO verkaufen biases for board makes such as a sous asrock msi and gigabyte obviously this was far more convenient previously when motherboard makers such as asrock were officially supporting these biases but at least it can still be done the non case kike overclocking box has been opened as much as intel tries they won't be able to fully close it so in short the microcode can only be delivered by a biased update and micro code updates aren't permanent it is possible to roll back to an earlier version going forward there are a few reasons why you would need to update your bias especially if everything was working as it should with the overclocking BIOS if you've got any questions at all then please let me know in the comments or on our forum hardware unbox com see you guys next time you