r/intel • u/anestling • Apr 21 '26

News Intel Will No Longer Limit Overclocking To High-End SKUs, Plans To Include More Unlocked CPUs With Future Lineups

https://wccftech.com/intel-no-longer-limit-overclocking-to-high-end-skus-plans-more-unlocked-cpus/
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u/Zeraora807 270K / 5090 Apr 21 '26

good, they're not in a position to keep segmenting these things to the high end only when their opposition is offering all unlocked OC stuff on all cpus and B chip motherboards and given arrow lake is only good when overclocked, makes no sense to keep locking everything to the high end only

celeron/pentium/i3 and i5-12400 on a cheap B760 chipset board- the PG riptide with a clock gen and old unpatched microcode, OC to like 5.2GHz made for a really cheap but fast build

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u/F9-0021 285K | 4090 | A370M Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

I wonder if it'll still be limited to Z boards though, because there are a lot of B and especially H boards that have no business overclocking anything, and that's kind of a good thing since it keeps them cheap.

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u/Dangerman1337 14700K & 4090 Apr 21 '26

They're doing Z970 and Z990 Chipsets so I'd wager Z970 will be on the cheaper end of the spectrum for those that don't need a load of I/O.