ASRock Forums : i7-2600K in H61M-VG4 mobo - OC?` https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:25:54 +0000 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 04:09:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3935 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[i7-2600K in H61M-VG4 mobo - OC?` : What memory Mhz wise are you using...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3935&PID=20041&title=i72600k-in-h61mvg4-mobo-oc#20041 Author: wardog
Subject: 3935
Posted: 04 Dec 2016 at 4:09am

What memory Mhz wise are you using now.

This board IMO isn't OC friendly. It's one of those "Just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should" motherboards.


The 2600K is plenty fast. Yet it'll respond much nicer to faster memory that being OC'd on a mATX board. Problem is it appears it runs a 3+1 VRM section and even worse is the VRMs it does have aren't cooled with a heatsink over them.

These boards, because of their diminutive size, don't have the real estate for a decent compliment of VRMs.

You'll need great case air flow, more than the stock Intel cooler, and a separate fan blowing over the VRM section to cool them even more than the manufacture intended as when OCing the additional power draw req'q will, WILL, overheat/overload the VRMs.



Edited by wardog - 04 Dec 2016 at 4:10am]]> Sun, 04 Dec 2016 04:09:35 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3935&PID=20041&title=i72600k-in-h61mvg4-mobo-oc#20041 <![CDATA[i7-2600K in H61M-VG4 mobo - OC?` : I cannot find any decent info...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3935&PID=20016&title=i72600k-in-h61mvg4-mobo-oc#20016 Author: GeriatricGinger
Subject: 3935
Posted: 03 Dec 2016 at 11:28pm

I cannot find any decent info or how-to for OCing with this mobo..  I don't wanna go crazy, just like maybe 3.8 or so, from the current 3.4 (if it's even worthwhile.)  

Being totally new to OCing, I don't understand what I need to set in the BiOS to make this work.

Thanks for any help, in advance.
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