1. Intel Pentium

Hey guys, i just wanted to ask why microsoft and intel launched a microcode update to block overclock in certain motherboards? Lots of people are getting this problem and it´s a big issue. For example: i´m a gamer and without an overclock on G3258 i cant get much of a certain game and that´s awful for me. I´ve heard some rumors that Intel launched this microcode because they wanted to block overclock on Non-Z motherboards for people to buy Z motherboards.

I have a Asus h81-Gamer motherboard and i was so happy with the overclock of 4.3 Ghz in Windows 8.1 and now im just standing in Windows 10 with a stock frequency of 3.2 Ghz (Please Microsoft or Intel fix this). It's always good to know the whole story, which I learned with just a few minutes' web-searching. Intel never intended non-Z motherboards to be able to overclock the Pentium CPUs.

Intel Pentium

Asus and a few other MB manufacturers exploited an Intel bug in the Pentium CPUs that allowed them to be overclocked. Intel developed the new microcode included in KB3064209 and present by default in Windows 10 in order to correct the bug. Asus apparently anticipated this, as there is a statement on their website that says: ASUS does not guarantee that Intel new Pentium processor and Core K Series (‘Haswell’ and ‘Haswell Refresh’) processors will be overclockable on ASUS H97, H87, B85 and H81 Series motherboards in the event that Intel issues software and firmware updates that result in function changes. There's no way for Microsoft to fix Intel's microcode, and you shouldn't expect Intel to do it because it was never their intent to allow Pentiums to be overclocked.