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what's up guys eva here with hurricane x and let's establish a fact here overclocking a cpu or processor is not rocket science at least for the majority of our audience here but sometimes you can't ignore key elements that could potentially cut your CPUs lifespan that is the core voltage temperatures called ratios etc but first time users who are introduced into this new concept might find these elements a little intimidating or they might want the best performance without tons of trial and error to overcome the issues and guesswork normally associated with manually overclocking a CPU motherboard manufacturers have implemented certain steps to auto overclock they capable unlocked processor there is now some great software that can be downloaded from the respective website or you could do it through the BIOS the intent for this video will be to show how new motherboards and their features can allow first-time users or even experienced users to safely and easily overclock their systems with just a press of a few buttons but most importantly we're going to be finding out how well various motherboard manufacturers do that so let's dive in right after this what is that the you 31 you should put a ring on it yes time to make it our to be official you there will take rain high static pressure fans because your key is there if the rain poor details in description below alright allow me to set the stage for you guys just so you won't get lost by the time I reveal the results our roundup features 5z 270 flagship motherboards from reputable manufacturers like msi asu's EVGA as rock and gigabyte my cpu of choice for testing all these boards will be the core i5 7600 k this is a popular choice among gamers who crave for highest clock speeds because it is one of the best price to performance overclockable chips in the KB Lakeline app for memory I decided to go with G skills Trident Z series 32 gigabyte kit that's capable of speeds up to 30 400 megahertz along with overclocking me processor I will also be evaluating the DRAM frequencies as some of the board's auto seat settings enable the XMP profile as well I used the CLC 280 a IO liquid cooler from EVGA to cool the 7600 K because Auto C certainly plays around with voltages and I wanted to ensure I have proper cooling throughout my torture tests I did test these motherboards inside a closed chassis featuring the s340 case from NXT as we'll also be monitoring CPU temperatures using either 64 the rest of components are pretty irrelevant in this case and that includes the GPU the power supply the SSD and other elements because none of those play a key role when it comes to overclocking so let's take a look at our contenders shall we first up let's take a look at our cheapest Z 270 based motherboard and then move our way up this is the asrock Z 270 Taichi that retails for around $220 it's a pretty basic looking board that does not feature a lot of RGB goodness if you're looking for aesthetics but it does pack a punch when it comes to user upgradeable add-ons it's got three empty two slots that support the PCIe gen3 standard PCI use steel armor reinforcements dual Intel and a robust B clock engine that should complement the auto OC procedure as rock is focusing this board to be the most reliable in the market because it does feature of high-end electrical components that should help with stability for the long run but I guess the results will tell next up we have the gigabyte or SGA v 270x gaming 7 motherboard it's got all the bells and whistles that you would ever for a board including RGB lighting through the RAM slots steel-reinforced shielding for the PCI slots 2 m dot 2 connectors for PCIe SSD s and a single YouTube connector you also get a high quality creative sound core 3d deck along with killer networking and list just goes on from a physical standpoint the orders board is quite unique and it's got a white and black color scheme that's not too fancy but it would fit in well if you're thinking about a stormtrooper build but price-wise you're looking at a $10 premium over the asrock board our next player is MSI's z2 70 gaming m7 it's the top-of-the-line motherboard from MSI's gaming c2 70 series and for your convenience we've also featured this particular board in our recent ultimate gaming splash editing PC build video link is down in the description if you're interested the gaming m7 is an interesting addition to the roundup because it does feature a simple and intuitive auto OC function through MSI's game boost knob and check this out there's a physical knob located at the bottom right hand corner of the board that you can use to select the preset ever size program to the board already it's really weird but at the same time it's also pretty cool just like any other flagship board expect features like RGB lighting next generation u2 connector 3 and our 2 slots and military-grade components if you really care about quality our second last board is from the mighty folks over at EVGA meet the g27 a classified k that's purely targeted towards enthusiasts who just want to achieve stable overclocks without worrying about fancy aesthetic features like RGB lighting and such it's an extended ATX motherboard with support for dual end are two connectors a quad core audio processor from creative and interestingly enough you'll find 8 pin CPU connectors to ensure the power reaching the processor is clean and stable the i/o is fairly limited on the board compared to the competition and that makes sense because like I mentioned earlier this is an enthusiast class board designed for overclocking and it doesn't come cheap priced at $300 it is the most expensive HSN today's motherboard among the 5 that I'm testing out in the video actually there's one more from the folks over at Asus can't forget about them because they do offer a variety of motherboards priced appropriately for the rumors and they're generally well known for overclocking and Intel based CPU my money is on this guy the Maximus 9 code because it looks stealthy AF and the RGB lighting is very subtle compared to the other four plus it features a thermal armor throughout the entire PCB to emphasize the code branding feature wise there's just a lot to talk about this board but I'm just going to go over a few key unique features that water cooling enthusiasts might find attracting ACS has implemented dual water temperature headers and flow rate header to feed information to the fan export utility this way you can constantly monitor the flow rate along with the temperatures of an entire loop the IO is jacked with USB ports there's a USB 3.1 front panel header that some cases can take advantage of the digital power controller is precisely tuned to deliver these smoothest core voltages and the rest of the components are made of high-quality materials I can't wait to reveal the test results to you guys but before we move on let's take a quick look at our testing methodology I used item 64 to stress tested sepia for 2 hours per motherboard this was to ensure that the overclock was stable during heavy load situations in real time and that it wouldn't either throttle under load or down clock due to various reasons CPU core voltage is also a key element to consider here as many of these boards dynamically adjust the voltage to achieve the best possible clock speed the higher the voltage the higher the temperature and sometimes that could end up potentially shortening the lifespan of your CPU luckily my 76 in a case stood strong and I was surprised that I was actually able to complete this round up since some of the automatic overclocking programs push extreme voltages to the processor in order to achieve stability so what is considered a winning combination here well that's pretty simple I'm looking for the software or automatic setting that achieves the highest o´clock at the lowest voltage that remains rock-solid of course automatic memory overclocking is also beneficial in our books but some manufacturers avoid that since high ram speeds add another variable into the equation now almost every one of these boards perform their automatic overclocking quite differently there's some that apply a simple generic one size fits all voltage and core speed boost while others actually do their own stress testing to customize a overclock for your particular CPU so now let's walk through each individual boards our overclocking features along with the results one board at a time starting with gigabytes or Z 270 gaming seven I used the easy to an option from gigabytes app center which then opened a separate window that revealed system information along with various presets that can be applied towards the CPU I chose the auto tuning option and then proceeded to the tuning process the system rebooted after 30 seconds then it started to stress test the CPU by increasing the core ratios the maximum I was able to get was 4.8 gigahertz at one point two seven two volts I ran my standard Ida 64 stress test for two hours and it passed with flying colors averaging around 60 C under load and 30c during idle unfortunately the board did not overclock the memory but I did test out the OC preset for 4.4 gigahertz the system passed the stress test but interestingly enough the core voltages were sitting around 1.3 - that's a mere point 0-5 volts higher than the 4.8 gigahertz overclock I was able to achieve with the auto tuning option fascinating right taking a look at the built-in presets in the BIOS they were fairly limited because as you can see the maximum they had available was a 4.6 gigahertz overclock for the 76 and K I did stress test that option and it passed no problem yielding those voltages and temperatures but it did not overcome the memory next up I tested the asrock Tai Chi Z 270 motherboard the auto C feature was built into the a tuning software that had to be downloaded from the website I chose the performance option I proceeded to the Advanced tab from there actual C 4.8 gigahertz OC preset which was the maximum available and clicked apply the system rebooted successfully applying the preset but surprisingly the core voltage was sitting around 1.4 0-8 that's a point to increase from what I was able to achieve with the gigabyte board and the temps were hovering around 60 Hz once again that's a 10 degree difference from the gigabyte board that being said this did not pass by stress test as you can see the CPU down clocks to 4.6 gigahertz and it remained at that frequency over the course of night two-hour test now for my second attempt I applied the 4.7 gb x OC preset from the a tuning app and rebooted the system sadly it was the same story as last time the CPU down clocked all the way to four point five gigahertz during my stress test and the core voltage was sitting around 1.36 also yielding temperatures around 60 to see which was a lot lower than 68 with the 4.8 gigahertz preset the built-in optimist OC preset was similar to a tuning software I did test out before point 8 gigahertz preset but unfortunately it wasn't stable under load fYI even the core voltages and temperatures remain identical to what was achieved via a tuning next up we checked out the MSI C 270 G m7 auto overclocking can be done through the command center which is MSI's utility for monitoring system specs including the option to overclock the DRAM what we're looking for is game dos that gives you full access to a preset it also lists what overclock you can expect at each level which is incredibly handy I chose set 11 that targeted the 7600 K for 4.9 gigahertz the system rebooted successfully would definitely set but check out that voltage 1.5 0-7 volts that's dark territory for the CP of my friends and I was reluctant to stress test the system but I decided to do it anyways and we see that the CPU down clocks itself 24.8 under load and temperatures exceeded ATC the CLT 280 cooler did a fantastic job keeping things under control and interestingly enough this was one of the first boards to overclock the RAM to 3300 megahertz but man the voltage is way too high for the CPU my second attempt was to test out set 10 that overclocks the chip to 4.8 gigahertz but sadly it did not remain static during the stress test as a dumb clock itself 24.7 core voltages were sitting at one point four which was still a lot higher than expected and temps were hovering around 70 C so that's a 10 degree difference from the 4.9 GRE that I tested earlier now the bias for the MSI motherboard is exactly the same as the game boost software that we just took a look at so doing it either way wouldn't really make a huge difference because they feature the exact same presets let's now discuss the EVGA AC 270 classified motherboard I had a lot of expectations for this guy because it's purely targeted towards enthusiasts who just want to achieve a stable overclocks but when it comes to auto overclocking there's not a lot to expect here let me show you exactly what I mean you see EDG the elite tuning utility x4 monitoring system information but it's essentially images flavor of cpu-z with a few options for overclocking that - had to be done manually by playing around with eco ratios and voltages as there are no audible C functionalities but I was told by EVGA that the BIOS has an auto OC function that automatically sets CPU voltage once you set a CPU multiplier I gave that a shot since it's not that difficult to enter Kol ratios my first attempt was to set it at 50 for a solid 5 gigahertz overclock the system boot is successfully applying a core voltage of one point three four four but during my stress test the CPU dunk on its way down to four point seven I did try four point eight and four point seven but unfortunately the CPU down clocked its way to four point five and four point four respectively with the following voltages shown here also this board did not overcook the memory which makes sense because ebj does not offer that feature one auto overclocking the CPU the last automotive test here is the ROG Maximus nine code from ACS I took advantage of the AI suite - a utility app that featured the five way optimization option from there I choose the extreme tuning option with tp1 enabled this feature plays around with the Cole ratios and achieves the best possible overclock after cooking me start by the system rebooted and the AI utility started stress testing the CPU while simultaneously increasing the cold ratios it's really a smart tool in my opinion because you get real-time stats for your voltage but it won't proceed until it knows that it's safe to increase the ratio it took its time and I got to 5 degrees no problem with a cold voltage of one point four two volts unfortunately the CPU dumb clocked itself to 4.9 during the stress test the temperatures were well within reach averaging around 68 degrees coming back to the AI suite app I wanted to try out these TPU 2 options since that adjust the bus speed of the processor you won't believe this but it's successfully booted with a 5.1 gigahertz or o'clock without crashing core voltages and temperatures were the same compared to what I achieved earlier with TPU one but under load the CPU once again down clock 2 to 5 gigahertz also this board did overclock the memory to 29.92 megahertz compared to MSI's overclock it's slightly lower but the did that is just awesome the BIOS is just filled with different profiles to overclock the CPU I chose the golden 5g preset and it was a success the system stayed rock-solid at five megahertz both under idle and load situations but it did not overcome the memory this time core voltages were slightly higher than the Ottawa clock but it was not that significant so guys I think it's about time to wrap up my thoughts on Auto overclocking five of the best z2 70 based motherboards it certainly required a lot of patience and personally it was a learning experience for me because I learned how to manually overclock a CPU by reading the forum's online and watching tutorial videos I'm sure most of you did the same thing as well but this Auto C feature that motherboard manufacturers have implemented into their motherboards is an excellent option especially for first-time users we don't want to tinker around with core voltages and coal ratios and other elements it's a great feature to embrace especially if you're craving for higher gaming performance with just a few clicks because modern titles these days love higher frequencies I'm not going to be picking a clear winner here because all these motherboards are great when it comes to manual overclocking an example or I guess the worst example that we encounter here was ebj easy to send classified board which costed around $300 and it didn't do that great with the auto overclocking feature in fact it did not have an auto overclocking feature because it was just EVGA a built-in feature in the BIOS and it didn't really work out that great aces on the other hand had the best best best auto overclocking feature with just a button and just a few steps with TPU 1 and TP 2 I think that's an excellent option if you really want to take advantage of that board but again it's expensive it's a $300 what really surprised me was the cheapest among them all the azrog board which was super stable I was easily able to get 4.8 gigahertz without a problem but what also surprised me was that out of the five motherboards that I tested only two of them overclocked the memory issues and the MSI amasai torille called the memory to its maximum potential but at least it's great that these vendors have implemented or added that extra element to the equation guys let us know your thoughts on Auto overclocking and what do you guys think about the results that I was able to extrapolate with our overclocking pretty much the same CPU on all the five motherboards but also stay tuned for Rison because there's a lot of X 370 boards that I'd like to check out but I'm also not so looking forward to that because overclocking rising processor is way more complicated than Intel or maybe I'm just I don't know it's something out there anyways stay tuned for that I mean retard connects don't forget to subscribe for most of our content and we'll see you in the next one