The Non-K Overclocking has been a very hot topic recently around the Z690/LGA1700 platform, as it offers a wide range of very affordable CPUs to be used even in performance oriented gaming PCs. The biggest limiting factor is the cost of motherboards and DDR5 memory compared to the actual processors. The required feature in order to go beyond the nominal 103.0MHz BCLK limit is external clock generator on the motherboard, and it is usually present only on more high-end motherboards, so no one is going to buy let's say a 500 euro motherboard just for a locked Core i3 12100F or G7400. To be even a realistic option, you would have to find an affordable motherboard that supports this feature, somewhere in the 50-200 euro price range. The locked 6-Core CPUs are probably the most realistic options from these CPUs, but even so the 12600K and 12600KF start to be very close in the price already. In my testing I was able to push the Core i3 12300 to 5.35-5.375GHz in Cinebench R20, and even a whopping high frequency in AVX512 based workloads if you watch until the end. The AVX512 support is probably one of the main excitements of these affordable CPUs as AVX512 is considered a very premium feature, usually restricted to high-end workstation CPUs only. EVGA Z690 DARK Kingpin: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=121-AL-E699-KR Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Luumi BIOS Settings & Tips - 00:00 Overclocking in the OS - 11:37 AVX Testing in Prime95 - 16:27 Memory Results & Final Words - 25:48 #z690 #non-k #overclocking