Intel DZ68BC, Can it compete?

[bobni]

There are so many good full featured boards , should the DZ68BC be considered an enthusiast board and can it run with the big dogs at the $225 price point? Wonder who actually makes this board for Intel?

 

[gevorg]

Foxconn makes these boards for Intel. Intel boards are usually very good, and their overclocking boards like DZ68BC are good for small-to-moderate overclocks, but if you want to go very high on 2500K/2600K, there are better options than Intel.

 

[Skott]

Yeah, Intel mobos are not known for extreme overclocking but they are known to be good, reliable, and stable platforms to use.

 

[DigDog]

sorry but, what do we mean by "small overclock"? is 4.5Ghz "small". thats my target hmm

 

[Skott]

Many Intel made mobos simply will not overclock at all. Some will overclock but only a couple of 100 megahertz. To me that is small. 4.5GHz is not small to me but I don't know if any Intel made mobos go that high. Maybe they are finally getting with the times and allowing for better overclocks in their Bios? Like I was saying Intel is not known for high overclocking mobos but they are known for their mobos to be very stable and reliable.

Like Gevorg said if you want a serious overclocking mobo, ASUS, Gigabyte, AsRock, MSI and etc., make them and better.

 

[bobni]

My target is also 4.5 GHZ , I have also read the intel boards are weak when it comes to BIOS features. Would like to hear about the board from the intel guy who mentioned it in a post awhile back. Foxconn boards seem to get awards in price performance as opposed to features.

 

[paperwastage]

My target is also 4.5 GHZ , I have also read the intel boards are weak when it comes to BIOS features. Would like to hear about the board from the intel guy who mentioned it in a post awhile back. Foxconn boards seem to get awards in price performance as opposed to features.

my Intel P67 mATX board (DP67DE) that I got from launch can overclock, but it throttles back after a while, most likely because of thermal limits

each new BIOS update gives me a little more control, but the BIOS features are quite limited(there is a thermal limit option, but doesn't do anything about the throttling)... haven't tried the latest updates yet for my board

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

The Intel® Desktop board DZ68BC is in our Extreme series of boards and is designed to allow overclocking and give you solid performance. While there maybe some boards that you can reach a higher clock speeds with overclocking, this board will be one of the most stable when it comes to overall performance. With a good cooling solution I think you will find that this board can compete.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[bobni]

Not alot of info on this board concerning it's overclocking ability useing the bios overclocking assistant. Is there any documentation on this feature?

Read that intel is releasing a DZ68PL and DZ68AF motherboard, can you give any info or release timeframe?

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Bobni I havent heard anything about boards like those that mention. At this time we have a total of 3 Z68 boards and they are the Intel® Desktop Board DZ68BD, Intel Desktop Board DZ68BC and the Intel Desktop Board DZ68ZV (which is an Extreme board without graphics support). This does seem a little late in the life cycle to be developing any more Z68 boards on our end.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[gevorg]

Bobni I havent heard anything about boards like those that mention. At this time we have a total of 3 Z68 boards and they are the Intel® Desktop Board DZ68BD, Intel Desktop Board DZ68BC and the Intel Desktop Board DZ68ZV (which is an Extreme board without graphics support). This does seem a little late in the life cycle to be developing any more Z68 boards on our end.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Both of them are from Media series:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/desktops/desktop-board-dz68af-media-brief.html

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/desktops/desktop-board-dz68pl-media-brief.html

I agree that they're a little too late.

 

[bobni]

I have a 2600k and want a max overclock of 4.5 ghz , will this board do that with the overclocking assistant in auto mode? Wish there was better documentation and info about this board.

 

[gevorg]

Which board? The overclocking-grade DZ68BC should handle 4.5GHz fine, as long as the CPU is up to it.

 

[bobni]

This is my first build and looking at boards for a 2600k , so the DZ68BC will overclock to 4.5ghz and also is a stable board? Where the heck is the documentation on this boards overclocking assistant?

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

I did some digging on our site about this and couldn't find anything but did find this and I think it will help you out.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

 

[bobni]

I had allready seen that post , about all I could find even after reading the DZ68BC manual and bios manual. Also spend many hours on the intel site and forum , not much out there. Intel will need to do a better job in this area if they are serious about entering that market .

So I decided to pass on the DZ68BC and go with an msi board since the documentation is robust and help readily available on many forums.

 

[Mygaffer]

The Intel® Desktop board DZ68BC is in our Extreme series of boards and is designed to allow overclocking and give you solid performance. While there maybe some boards that you can reach a higher clock speeds with overclocking, this board will be one of the most stable when it comes to overall performance. With a good cooling solution I think you will find that this board can compete.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

I am happy to hear that, I just ordered that board as part of a channel partner bundle. It is on back order but I am really looking forward to it and a 2500k. If the board lives up to what you've said I may ditch my x58/i7-930 for the Sandy Bridge setup. I work at a small shop that sells and services computers and I have to say I really appreciate how much you guys have improved your boards. You guys finally offer some some boards that aren't so vanilla and it makes it easier to recommend your boards for a wide range of builds.

If there is any interest I can post some impressions of the board here for anyone else interested. I can give overclocking results as well.

 

[houe]

Intel makes great boards for no thrills rock solid stable boards. I've owned a couple and they have always been rock solid and trouble free. Probably some of my best computers over the years looking back at it. However for the enthusiast I think you'd be better served elsewhere. When purchasing an Intel board personally i wouldn't be thinking about overclocking. That is my 2 cents...

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I had a dx58so X58 board and it was adequate. If you can get a good deal on an intel mobo then do it. If its about the same price I'd go with asus or gigabyte.

 

[davev]

I have the dz68bc, but cant figure out the bios settings to overclock it.
The non-turbo multiplier wont go above 33x (stock for my 2500k) and setting the separate turbo core multipliers has no effect. The "high performance" setting seems to indicate it will run full turbo boost at all times, but it doesnt seem to work.
Also, its odd that if I set all cores to the single frequency setting, the only multiplier allowed is 59x.

 

[paperwastage]

for my DP67DE, the non-turbo multipler wont go above 33x

have to OC via turbo boost... you have to raise the thermal/voltage/current limits (my intel board throttles really hard once they pass those limits, and those limits have like a built-in restriction even if I set them to 100000)

 

[davev]

I set the turbo boost multipliers to 42 for all 4 cores, but it doesnt use those numbers, it stays at 3700mhz. I cant figure out how to overclock above that.