Intel emphasizes not overclock your new non-K Alder Lake chips or losing your warranty, the processor, and possibly other internal computer devices.
YouTuber der8auer had shown the capabilities of the overclocking process in the new Intel series of chips last weekend. He explained a setting called BCLK, which unlocks the ability for the Alder Lake-S chips.
On Monday, der8auer tested other S series processors, such as the Intel Celeron G6900 and i3-12100 chips.
The Alder Lake-S series processors were gaining a lot of press and popularity before their release date. On Monday, overclocking fanatic “Phantom K” achieved the world record for the Intel Core i3-12300 chip; the Korean overclocker attains a frequency of 5441.7 MHz in slightly over 33 seconds. The overclocking enthusiast’s second video on Saturday shows that he could push the Celeron processor to 5,338 MHz—an overclocking increase of 57 percent using standard cooling options. YouTuber der8auer reports that a large motherboard manufacturer was designing a B660 series board that allows for DDR4 capability, implicating that we will be seeing an affordable entry for the Alder Lake-S series chips. The BCLK function appears in the BIOS settings of the ASUS STRIX B660G, ASUS B660F, and the ASRock B660 Steel Legend motherboards. The only board that der8auer tested was the ASUS ROG Maximus series.
Intel’s statement to Tom’s Hardware today explains that: Intel seeing the chip’s capability seems to have caused alarm for the company but does not signify that the company wants the overclocking of their new chips to stop. It is under speculation that the capability was an error in the coding for the Alder Lake-S series. The company will release an update to remove the current setting from happening in future motherboard releases. Source: Tom’s Hardware, der8auer, HWBot.org
