MSI Unleashes OC Genie on Intel Platform
MSI Unleashes OC Genie on Intel Platform
Posted 06/30/2010 at 6:04am
| by Paul Lilly
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A whole boatload of MSI motherboards built around Intel's P55 platform now support the mobo maker's "Super Unlock" technology, giving users a quick and easy way to overclock their Intel Core i7 875K and other unlocked processors.
"When coupled with Intel's Core i7 875K and Core i5 655K, uses need only to press the 'OC Genie' button on their MSI mainboards to 'unlock' the CPU's multiplier and to maximize processor, memory, and chipset performance."
Should you rub MSI's bottle to release the OC Genie, the mobo maker says it will grant your overclocking wishes by boosting processors with a 2.93GHz default clockspeed all the way up to 4.0GHz, resulting in a free performance boost.
See here for a list of supported motherboards and the required BIOS version.
Image Credit: MSI
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bloodgain
July 01, 2010 at 1:06am
I have an MSI P55 mobo with OCGenie (haven't activated it, was breaking in the thermal paste first). My reaction was the same -- damn! 2.93GHz to 4.0GHz 1-button overclock? Maybe I should put my i7-860 on Craigslist and jump on an unlocked Core i7.
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