{Hardware} leaker @g01d3nm4ng0 on Twitter has shared images of the yet-to-be-released MSI B760M Mortar Max motherboard that includes a Renesas RC26008 exterior clock generator for overclocking unlocked and locked Intel processors.
To exhibit, the motherboard may be seen operating a Core i5-12400, a locked chip which usually tops out at 4.4 GHz, at 5 GHz with a base clock frequency of 125 MHz. If the photographs are authentic, that is our first affirmation that MSI will probably be including BCLK overclocking capabilities to the B760 model of the Mortar Max.
i5-12400 OC 5.0GHz (125MHz x40) on MAG B760M Mortar Max WiFi that includes Renesas RC26008 clock generator. pic.twitter.com/6f5Hgb28jhDecember 28, 2022
MSI is likely one of the solely motherboard producers that’s nonetheless placing exterior clock turbines in Intel motherboards at this time, particularly in lower-end boards just like the B collection. This could make them an ideal decide for constructing a price range system should you can’t afford a Ok collection half. This manner you will get away with a less expensive motherboard and cheaper CPU however nonetheless, retain the identical overclocking capabilities.
BCLK overclocking is an alternate technique of overclocking that depends on altering the complete system’s base frequency to generate greater core clocks versus simply rising the CPU core multiplier as an alternative. The profit with BCLK overclocking at this time is that you would be able to bypass Intel’s synthetic overclocking locks, and overclock any Intel CPU. However once more, you will want that exterior clock generator, since Intel’s default clock generator constructed into the chips can be locked on non-Ok CPUs.
Apart from mentioning the RC26008 clock generator, the Tweet does not say the rest concerning the B760M tomahawk. However primarily based on our earlier protection of B760 motherboards basically, we suspect the B760 model of the Mortar Max will differ little or no from its B660 predecessor, however it is going to most likely price just a bit bit extra.
It is nice although to see MSI persevering with to implement base clock turbines into its lower-end motherboards just like the B760M Mortar Max, and giving customers an alternate technique to overclock Intel’s CPUs. If true, that is MSI’s second motherboard thus far that options this very same exterior clock generator, with the earlier mannequin being the B660M Mortar Max WiFi.
