strange CPU ratio problem

[techead]

I have one of these,

Intel® Core™ i5-6600K Processor
(6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)

inside one of these,

Asus H110M-K DDR-4

When I go into the BIOS I can clearly see the multiplier set to 39, once I take it off Auto. Any attempt to increase it beyond 39 results in it defaulting back to 39.

This is an unlocked multiplier CPU? What am I missing here?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Overclocking is not supported on the H110 chipsets, you need a Z170 chipset - at least the last time I checked.

 

[techead]

Overclocking is not supported on the H110 chipsets, you need a Z170 chipset - at least the last time I checked.

Going to murder the sales oke at Frontosa

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Going to murder the sales oke at Frontosa

Just return it, pointless having a K processor if you don't have a Z170 board. Obviously that oke doesn't know much about PCs.

 

[The Voice]

Eish, yeah, you've been had. Apparently there's a way to do it with a flashed BIOS, etc, but wouldn't bother. Just get a Z board.

 

[Rickster]

H Series chipset is for office setups. :crylaugh:

 

[ponder]

Going to murder the sales oke at Frontosa

Hopefully he included a jar of vaseline with the deal.

For future reference the K series CPUs are only overclockable on Z series motherboards.

 

[The Voice]

H Series chipset is for office setups. :crylaugh:

Technically, that would be the "B" chipset. H is fine for gamers who have no intention of overclocking

 

[Soul Assassin]

I guess the sales guy assumed K- motherboard and K-CPU would go hand in hand.

 

[The Voice]

Going to a PC store is usually like this:

 

[techead]

I called him on it, his response

Hi , I was not aware that you were going to overclock the CPU.

 

[techead]

Eish, yeah, you've been had. Apparently there's a way to do it with a flashed BIOS, etc, but wouldn't bother. Just get a Z board.

I've also seen something like this online,

Does anyone have any concrete info though?

 

[CheddarByte]

I called him on it, his response

Derp.

Why'd you let a salesperson choose the equipment for you?

 

[Pitbull]

Going to murder the sales oke at Frontosa

hehe

H is normal boards. Z is the overclock boards.
The BIOS is the same but the overclocking functions don't work on the H boards.
Always been

 

[techead]

yeah, I have been out of the loop for quite a while now... I trusted that he knew what he was selling seeing as, ag you know, he does it 10 hours a day 5 days a week....

eish

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I called him on it, his response

"I just enjoy charging you extra for a K processor, when I could have sold you a non-K processor for less."

 

[techead]

I guess it's also my own stupidity, but anyway... cant do anything about it now

 

[Rickster]

Does the mobo support turbo boost?

 

[ponder]

I called him on it, his response

So ask him what's the point of a k series cpu then when you could have gotten a non k for less.

 

[ponder]

Does the mobo support turbo boost?

Don't they all?