Well-known overclocker shows how to overclock non-K Intel Alder Lake CPUs
Photo credit: der8auer With the introduction of Alder Lake, Intel has incorporated many controls for precision overclocking. For example, options are offered to overclock the E and P cores separately, with adjustable parameters covering various voltages, cache frequency, graphics, memory, and BCLK overclocking. In addition, a new 'Synthetic BCLK' facilitates adjustments on motherboards that do not have an external clock generator. Just as these features are present in the new motherboard BIOS user interfaces, you should be able to access them in the updated Intel XTU v7.5 software or higher.
Back to the video, der8auer talks to viewers about the adjustments needed to overclock processors like the Intel Core i5-12400 / F and i5-12600 on the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Apex motherboard. Adjustments through several entries on the Extreme Tweaker pages of the BIOS were necessary to ensure that the system boots and is stable. Der8auer also did know what parameters to adjust to test the clock and voltage limits of the processor you have purchased. Of course, the most important thing is that a setting in the Extreme Tweaker> Tweaker's Paradise options allows you to select a drop-down menu to switch Unlock BCLK OC to 'Enabled'.
if (jQuery ("# crm_srl-th_hardware_d_mh2_1"). is (": visible")) {console.log ("Edinet ADV adding zone: tag crm_srl-th_hardware_d_mh2_1 slot id: th_hardware_d_mh2"); } The Core i5-12400 sample presented in the video allowed BCLK overclocking with the bus speed set to 131MHz and the voltage of 1,370V, managing to run all cores at 5,240 MHz. In early tests of various non-K processors, it appears that lower-mid-range components like the Core i5-12400 / F will have the best OC potential. Therefore, der8auer has decided to run several synthetic productivity tests and gaming benchmarks with this processor. He apologized for the more significant variations of the test platforms than usual. However, these findings are quite worthy of attention, with increases observed in standard systems over OC systems quite noticeable. Also, in some popular games, the relatively humble Core i5-12400 could beat processors of the caliber of the stock clocked Core i7-12700K or the Core i9-12900K.
Photo credit: der8auer Overall, that's quite ironic how these non-K Alder Lake processors are good at overclocking. With the extra voltage required and the resulting clocks at over five GHz, heat wasn't even an issue in general, but that will depend on your cooling solution. However, these were outstanding results for "five minutes of work" of tweaking the processors.
To wrap up his video, dr8auer talked about the possibility of enabling 'Unlock BCLK OC' on other ASUS motherboards, as well as from various manufacturers. He has only had two hits, with the aforementioned ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Apex and the ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero. However, he was unable to do the same with the ASUS ROG Strix Z690-I Gaming Wi-Fi and the ASUS TUF Gaming B660M-Plus D4. De8auer wondered if an external clock generator on the motherboard might be a particular requirement that separates the availability of the Asus Unlock BCLK OC function.
if (jQuery ("# crm_srl-th_hardware_d_mh3_1"). Is (" : visible ")) {console.log (" Edinet ADV adding zone: tag crm_srl-th_hardware_d_mh3_1 slot id: th_hardware_d_mh3 "); } However, Intel said an external clock generator would not be needed for overclocking the Alder Laker-S last October, as the new 'Synthetic BCLK' feature was introduced which allows BCLK adjustments on motherboards that they have no such hardware.
