Locked Intel Skylake CPUs could be overclockable after all, at least if you're the owner of an ASRock Z170 motherboard. The company has announced "SkyOC," a new feature for its lineup of Z170 motherboards which allows users to overclock locked Skylake CPUs by increasing the processor's base clock.

To take advantage of this feature, all that's necessary is a simple BIOS update to any ASRock Z170 motherboard.
ASRock claims to have overclocked an Intel Core i5-6400 from its stock turbo speed of 3.3 GHz to an impressive 4.3 GHz. There are a couple caveats, though. ASRock says that users will need a dedicated graphics card, as the chip's IGP will be disabled. In addition, control over the CPU's Turbo Ratio and power management C-States will be disabled.