<i>Some of the non-overclockable cpus might work fine after overclocking, some might not. Intel definitely doesn&#x27;t want the negative press when some kids decides to overclock their non-K CPU and break it during the process.</i><p>Have you participated much in the overclocking community? The whole point is that every CPU chip is different and can be overclocked by different amounts, some almost not at all. There is no &quot;negative press&quot;, since anything past stock speed is a <i>bonus</i> which is what overclockers are trying to get. If CPUs were not working at stock speeds, that would be a reason for &quot;negative press&quot;.