The Core i3 530 runs at 2.93GHz by default, with no available turbo boost. It lacks the crippling on-die PCIe controller, but it’s also a much higher volume part which by definition shouldn’t be as overclockable. Thanks to its on-die PCIe controller, Lynnfield needed some amount of additional voltage to overclock well.
AMD followed with the Phenom II, but Lynnfield took a step back. With Bloomfield, Intel hit a new peak for how far you can expect to push a CPU without increasing voltage. You really find out whether or not you’ve been sold a chip that’s artificially binned lower than it could have. You minimize any increases in power consumption while maximizing performance. As power consumption and efficiency has become more important, and manufacturing processes improved, how far you can push a CPU without increasing its core voltage appears to be the most efficient way to overclock. I’ve become a fan of stock voltage overclocking over the past few years.
Overclocking the i3 - 4GHz with the Stock Cooler
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