Z170's Motherboard non-K OC Beta Bios

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   The sad fact is that Sky OC was a gamble as to whether intel would allow it. It was a gamble that lost. No matter what intel's official response may be (nothing as yet), it is quite clear they were behind the abolition of the feature. Users have to understand that Sky OC was essentially a hardware and firmware level hack to implement a feature not officially supported by intel. In any scenario where the term "hack" can be applied it must always be assumed that the functionality will not be perfect. 
Sky OC allows for a quick and dirty OC on Z170 boards when paired with a non-K CPU, much like the implementation of non-Z overclocking on previous generation Haswell boards. With B/H series Haswell boards the user had to be willing to accept the fact that the OCing utility was very limited in so far as the number of tweaks that were available, no LLC, no RAM overclocking, no BCLK settings as well as fixed voltage even if you selected "adaptive". This is now and will always be the case when a manufacturer provides and unsupported feature. 

Does that mean the feature is bad or should not have been included? Obviously not, there are always those to whom the weaknesses of said features will be offset by the benefits. ASRock consistently pushes the boundaries with it's products, especially where it comes to adding extra value for it's users. Not all of these features will take off and not all will remain in play but the fact that they keep trying and are willing to risk the ire of chipset and CPU providers is truly a testament to their commitment to us as end users.

It is sad that Sky OC is being phased out but for those who already have capable boards with the few BIOS versions that support it, you still get to use it  

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Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 2016 at 5:20pm
	The sad fact is that Sky OC was a gamble as to whether intel would allow it. It was a gamble that lost. No matter what intel's official response may be (nothing as yet), it is quite clear they were behind the abolition of the feature. Users have to understand that Sky OC was essentially a hardware and firmware level hack to implement a feature not officially supported by intel. In any scenario where the term "hack" can be applied it must always be assumed that the functionality will not be perfect. Sky OC allows for a quick and dirty OC on Z170 boards when paired with a non-K CPU, much like the implementation of non-Z overclocking on previous generation Haswell boards. With B/H series Haswell boards the user had to be willing to accept the fact that the OCing utility was very limited in so far as the number of tweaks that were available, no LLC, no RAM overclocking, no BCLK settings as well as fixed voltage even if you selected "adaptive". This is now and will always be the case when a manufacturer provides and unsupported feature. Does that mean the feature is bad or should not have been included? Obviously not, there are always those to whom the weaknesses of said features will be offset by the benefits. ASRock consistently pushes the boundaries with it's products, especially where it comes to adding extra value for it's users. Not all of these features will take off and not all will remain in play but the fact that they keep trying and are willing to risk the ire of chipset and CPU providers is truly a testament to their commitment to us as end users. It is sad that Sky OC is being phased out but for those who already have capable boards with the few BIOS versions that support it, you still get to use it


peroni Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Dec 2015 Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote peroni Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 2016 at 6:53pm
	Non-k cpu's have an interesting history of mild overclocking I remember these steps: 1. Turbo mode hack on sandy bridge to allow 4 extra bin (i.e a max turbo value of 3.6GHz with one core active would become 4.0GHz, 2 cores active at 3.9GHz insted of 3.5GHz etc.) 2. The above was disabled on Haswell but a new functionality called Multicore enhancement could lock all the 4 cores at max turbo value 3. SkyOc on skylake which allowed unlimited BCLK overclocking but disabled speedstep, turbo, c1 states and core temp reporting What will be next?
	Z170 PRO4 i5 6600 2x8GB Corsair DDR3000 SSD 950 Pro (OS) 850 Evo (data) GTX 960 4GB 2x LCD

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 25073	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 2016 at 7:02pm
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peroni Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 27 Dec 2015 Status: Offline Points: 65	Post Options Post Reply Quote peroni Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Feb 2016 at 7:18pm
	We might be putting too much hope on AMD, let's hope it does deliver
	Z170 PRO4 i5 6600 2x8GB Corsair DDR3000 SSD 950 Pro (OS) 850 Evo (data) GTX 960 4GB 2x LCD