Motherboard Auto OverClocking... Does it Work & Which Do It BEST?

Pressing a button for higher performance is pretty tempting isn't it? But that doesn't necessarily mean you should actually do it! Or should you? That's what this video intends to find out!

We take FIVE Z270 motherboards and put their automatic overclocking features to the ultimate stress test. Which among ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock and EVGA are able to provide an optimal balance of voltage, stability and speeds? The answers were pretty surprising!

Review units provided free of charge by the vendors mentioned. This video is sponsored by Thermaltake. As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no video direction was received from manufacturer. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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[DicoTheRedstoner]

I think the 4.8 Ghz overclock at 1.272 volts from gigabyte deserves more attention. I would personally stick with that, as it's not that bad for your cpu (relatively low voltage) but still a high over clock.

[imnotusingmyrealname]

Is anybody else here who just buys Asus boards because of their BIOS?

[LouisKleiman]

No real winner? Asus is the only board that does anything other than just plugging in values from a pre-programmed table. They actually test their overclocks and ramp things up just like a person does. Nothing else in this review compares, in my opinion. I do appreciate the reviews, though. Thanks, Canucks!

[reynalddilao]

Liked the gigabyte more since it goes to 4.8ghz with low voltage. much safer if you were a newbie in the overclocking scene.

[jpHasABadHandle]

I had to manually overclock my i5-4670K, since Gigabyte's 20% increase via UEFI was mostly stable, but crashed within minutes when doing x264 encoding.
The automated 20% increase set it to 4, 3 GHz at 1, 38 V, with spikes up to 1, 46 V. The rock solid 4, 2 GHz is at 1, 3 V, spiking to 1, 37 V.

[em_tion]

My old AF ASUS Rampage Formula gave me some awesome overclocking results for Q6600. Due to RAM brand dislikes tho i finally gave up for a slightly lower auto-OC settings via the BIOS integrated tool. Glad to see that after so many generations of motherboards this feature is still top notch :) We appreciate your patience for the results! Very informative video ;) <3

[DerpDerpDerpDerp]

Congratulations on your 1000th video! Thank you for your excellent work!

[kouji]

You guys do the best ads hands-down of any tech youtuber I follow. Please keep up the good work!

[SeenAte]

When I built my PC I got an ASUS board specifically for the auto OC since it was my first PC I could OC. 4690k with ASUS Z97 Pro. Auto OC gets me 4.5ghz while not touching voltage. Manually I can get 4.6ghz with a very slight voltage bump. 4.7ghz isn't stable. But 4.6ghz is pretty solid for this chip so I'm happy

[steverogers]

I've been playing around the ASUS OC software myself this week. I noticed it had one nice feature in its auto OC, you can tell it what the maximum acceptable temperature is for you. Pretty useful if you are trying to achieve a balance between OC and extra fan noise.

[isee]

Ever noticed how great HardwareCanucks are? :D

[DanDoesGame]

Legit had no idea about these I mean even if they arent perfect, atlest they can somewhat give you an idea at what you should be looking at to overclock yourself :)
Great video

[jssposato]

I'm new to overclocking and am buying a new board, so this was EXACTLY what I was looking for! Great job, and thanks so much!

[Zelementonrs]

I'd like to see a Ryzen version of this video.

[SagarDass]

Great information... Thank you a lot.. please do on Z370 motherboards.... That would be helpful to me.. 💝💝💝

[YippingFox]

I'd have loved to see what you would be able to manually achieve on these boards compared to the automatic function.

[DaveyKTech]

I messed around with the AI Suite stuff from ASUS, but it didn't go as smoothly for me, at least with the X99 A-II board. It put my 5820k at 4.1GHz, which was fine and all, but since then I've manually pushed it to 4.4GHz. I also learned that clicking on anything GPU related when you have their GPU Tweak II installed could make your GPU go haywire. That was a learning experience. I'm certain this video will help someone out there who doesn't want to mess with the manual side of things.

[SylonHD]

Wow, excellent video, I learned a lot while watching it. Especially the part when I realized that I didn't take stuff like OCing seriously when choosing my board. Yes, my ASUS Z170-E can, and does, OC my i7 7700K, but the increase isn't very high (4.5GHz) and the options aren't there like the ASUS board featured here. There might be more to it that I'm not finding in the BIOS, but those programs that self-stress-test the CPU to get the most out of it is straight up badass and mine just doesn't do that. Something to consider for the next build or upgrade down the road.

[Wokiis]

Why is it downclocking at such low temps? Is your stress tests utilizing AVX and activating a secondary “AVX-safe” multiplier perhaps?

[renanbritz]

You managed to get 4.8Ghz without problems in the Gigabyte board. Not the Asrock board. Lol...