What motherboards have Non-Z overclocking enabled for Pentium 3258?

[drag1c]

Is it possible to overclock G3258 on Asus H81M-R ?

 

[Burpo]

This one overclocks, has great reviews and is cheaper..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130731

 

[jsalpha2]

I did not read all the pages, but why did you want a Non-Z? I was looking at this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135389
but it is out of stock.

 

[TheJimmeh]

Would the MSI H81M-P33 V2 have the same overclocking potential as the V1?

 

[tenpole]

I would guess so. MSI did well on sales of this board because it clocked the G3258 well.

 

[TheJimmeh]

I'm stuck between going with the MSI board or a Z97 board as I was told that even if I buy a board such as the MSI H81M-P33 that it isn't guaranteed to support overclocking. They said that some work right out of the box, some need a BIOS update but some will never overclock. Is this true?

 

[tenpole]

Not in my case. It all worked straight out of the box. I needed an optical drive however to load the drivers for on board lan.

 

[Feedel_Casthrow]

I'm stuck between going with the MSI board or a Z97 board as I was told that even if I buy a board such as the MSI H81M-P33 that it isn't guaranteed to support overclocking. They said that some work right out of the box, some need a BIOS update but some will never overclock. Is this true?

Yeah, I got the runaround from the guys on MSI forums, but that's because their boards are technically not supposed to support G3258 overclocking, so they're pretending it doesn't work. The fact of the matter is it does support overclocking, and I'm on the H81M-P33 @ 4.6GHz right now. I could go up to 4.8 if I wanted. It's a great board for that because it's voltage capped at 1.35V, which is more than enough for your needs, and going higher isn't recommended with Haswell anyways. As long as you buy it now, it should come updated with the latest BIOS as all the older ones with the old BIOS are over a year old now and have most likely sold out.

 

[tenpole]

Remember it depends on each individual chip. My G3258 sis not like 4.6Ghz and had to reset the CMOS to get the system booting again. It runs at 4.0Ghz which I am happy with.

 

[alb2009]

I'm really undecided between the msi h81 e33 and e34 for overclocking this board. What are some cheap micro atx boards you'd recommend for overclocking the pentium? I got the processor from the microcenter bundle but will have to sell the z97 PC mate ATX since I got a micro ATX case.

What worries me is apparently Intel released a microcode or something that removes the overclocking abilities of the msi h81-e34. http://us.hardware.info/news/36278/intel-restricts-overclocking-on-h81-b85-and-h87-chipsets Although this is a 2013 article there was a recent post in a tech website by someone saying their e34 couldn't overclock after the bios and micro code update.

 

[hudane]

I Can get 3.8Ghz @ 1.150v stable
In Asrock H81M-VG4 R2.0
And 74c max in prime95 stress test
Intel stock cooler

And why i can't manage to get more than 4.0ghz even when the vcore increased to 1.25v it always bsod if i oced more than 4.0 ghz.

And sorry for my bad english

UPDATE Now i managed to get 4.2 ghz with 1.25 vcore
P.S changed my hsf to deepcool gammaxx 300

 

[hudane]

Sorry internet error

 

[Daivanas]

Hi i registered to report my experience..
Motherboad Gigabyte H81M-S2V - @3.9GHz Voltage limited by Gigabyte to 1.2v maybe somehow i manage to get more.. Maybe any advices or this is a limit of the board?

 

[Flapdrol1337]

Gigabyte seems to limit voltage, the power electronics on the board might not be able to handle the power draw of a higher voltage higher clocked cpu, in that case it makes sense to limit voltage so people don't break the boards.

 

[Daivanas]

Gigabyte seems to limit voltage, the power electronics on the board might not be able to handle the power draw of a higher voltage higher clocked cpu, in that case it makes sense to limit voltage so people don't break the boards.

Yeah i think so too, all day was trying to pass 3.9GHz but i can't maybe it's the boards limits..


Nevermind i was planning on leaving it with 4GHz with stock cooler anyway..

EDIT: After some test system was unstable and i change something: Now my settings are: x39 multiplier with x36 undercore , voltage 1.1v+ 0.1v or auto it will be set to 1.197v and ring max value 1.176v now.. also added analog and digital voltage setting to 0.1v for now temperature 68-71C at 100% load very stable indeed..

 

[tenpole]

I have run mine at 4.0ghz since it got set up. I research the mobo and opted for the MSI h81m-p33.

 

[Daivanas]

I've been very busy, but the way I verified the adustability of the multiplier was to manually set it to 40x and boot into Windows, CPU-Z did indeed report 4GHz. I may have some time tonight when it cools down to see if I can get into the upper 40's on the multiplier, though ambient temps in my garage work area are very high right now, even into the evening hours.

Edit: Only got 4.39GHz out of my combo, due to the voltage being limited to 1.2V. It never exceeded 70°C during Cinebench 11.5 even with high ambient temps.

Can you share your bios settings? as our boards are very similar.. maybe i'm doing something wrong..

 

[tenpole]

Can you share your bios settings? as our boards are very similar.. maybe i'm doing something wrong..

You might have a cpu that cannot o/c that high.

 

[hero5jungle]

there's a deal for $50

 

[hero5jungle]

it doesn't have an HDMI port.

 

[lsommerer]

ASRock H81M-ITX/Wifi (Mini-ITX) : See page 61 of the owners manual published May 2014 for reference to Non-Z overclock: http://download.asrock.com/manual/H81M-ITXWiFi.pdf)

Note that link is now to owners manual published February 2015 and information starts on page 51.

 

[Larrite]

Hi, MSI B85M-G43 (Micro-ATX) with stock rad, OC at 3.9Ghz. - vcore at 1.050

 

[ganons]

Hi I'm trying to build an emulation PC and been recommended the following:

Silverstone Sugo Mini ITX - £27.66
German wellknown brand "be quiet"300W 80 plus SFX form factor　- £43.56
Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC - £90.43
i7 4790k in disguise "Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition " - £50.78
Thermal Paste Arctic MX-4 - £5.28
Asrock Z97E with Japanese Platinum "Nichicon" Caps and top of the line onboard audio - £115.16
Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 2x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz - £40.56
WD Red 1TB 2.5" NAS drive 7200rpm - £56.75
Total Cost : £430

Is there a better Motherboard that is overclockable but £100 or lower?

edit: btw will this case fit all the above in? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-050-SR

 

[tenpole]

Hi I'm trying to build an emulation PC and been recommended the following:

Silverstone Sugo Mini ITX - £27.66
German wellknown brand "be quiet"300W 80 plus SFX form factor　- £43.56
Gigabyte Radeon R7 360 OC - £90.43
i7 4790k in disguise "Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition " - £50.78
Thermal Paste Arctic MX-4 - £5.28
Asrock Z97E with Japanese Platinum "Nichicon" Caps and top of the line onboard audio - £115.16
Corsair Memory Vengeance Blue 2x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz - £40.56
WD Red 1TB 2.5" NAS drive 7200rpm - £56.75
Total Cost : £430

Is there a better Motherboard that is overclockable but £100 or lower?

edit: btw will this case fit all the above in? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-050-SR

This is not relevant to the thread.

 

[Alexandre Silva]

Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition
Batch # 3412B733
Asus B85M-E/CSM
BIOS Version 2105 08/08/2014
Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Pro HSF
800 - 4000MHz (8x - 40x)
VCore 1.075V
PNY GeForce 650 GTX 1GB DDR5 video card (Note: use of processor graphics substantially reduces overclocking potential)


See my post above (#230) for the Asus H81M-PLUS. The BIOS settings I used and the results I achieved were virtually identical with the same CPU for both motherboards.

To those who are having problems with these motherboards, one suggestion is to use a discrete video card, since processor graphics limit the overclocking potential. You can also try the settings I used, but I recommend setting the Vcore voltage to "Auto" at first to find a target voltage. In my case, the "Auto" VCore was 1.175V at 4.0GHz, but I was able to get stable overclocking results with a voltage that wasn't much higher than stock voltage (which varies depending on the individual processor). I tested it with Prime95 for 30 minutes.

Do you think i would be able to overclock my I5 4690k to 4.1 ghz with these motherboard (B85M-E) ?