Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch

Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch

A world-champion competitive overclocker who frequently tops the charts at HWBot, a site which tracks speed records, Allen will do just about anything to push a CPU to its limits. To hit new frequency and benchmark highs, he uses liquid nitrogen (LN2) to drop chips to sub-zero temperatures. he often goes through a dozen units to find the best one, and he’s not against taking a hacksaw to a motherboard or two. He shares his insights into the latest processors with Tom’s Hardware readers from a hardcore, push-it-to-the-limit overclocker’s perspective.

Articles by: Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch

14900K at 7.7 GHz

14900K at 7.7 GHz: How I Set 50 Overclocking Records with Intel's Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs and Plenty of Liquid Nitrogen

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

Thanks to some creative voltage adjustments and extreme cooling, I was able to achieve record high clock speeds on the Core i9-14900K, Core i7-14700K and Core i5-14600K CPUs.

Raptor Lake Extreme Overclocking

8.2 GHz and Beyond: Core i9-13900K is An Extreme Overlocker’s Dream

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

Extreme Overclocker Splave puts the Core i9-13900K through its paces and shows how he got it all the way to 8.2 GHz on a single core or 7.7 GHz on all cores.

Overclocking Intel Core i9-10900K

How I Overclocked Core i9-10900K to 7GHz and Set World Records

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch last updated

World-leading competitive overclocker Splave explains how he pushed the Core i9-10900K to new limits.

Core i9-11900K Overclocking

How I Blasted Intel’s Rocket Lake Core i9-11900K to 7.14 GHz On All Cores

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch last updated

How I overclocked the Core i9-11900K to 7.14 GHz on all eight cores and set a world record in PYPrime 2.0.

Core i9-12900KS World Record

Core i9-12900KS World Record: How I Hit 7.8 GHz on 8 Cores

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

70 liters of liquid nitrogen works wonders.

12900K Overclocking Record

Hacksawing a Motherboard Helped Me Set a 12900K Overclocking Record

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

How I set a world overclocking record by cutting the socket out of a motherboard.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Extreme OC

How I Overclocked the Ryzen 7 5700G’s iGPU to 2900 MHz, a World Record

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

With liquid nitrogen and the right settings, you can push the 5700G’s integrated graphics clock speed up by 45 percent.

Overclocked Ryzen 9 5950X

Faster Than Threadripper: How I Overclocked Ryzen 9 5950X to 6 GHz and a World Record

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch last updated

With LN2, AMD's new flagship chip can hit 6.05 GHz on all 16 cores.

Overclocking Ryzen 9 3900XT

How I Overclocked the Ryzen 9 3900XT to World-Record Speeds

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

By adding LN2 and tweaking memory settings, I brought AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900XT up to a record-setting 5.7-GHz. Here’s how.

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Intel's Core i9-9900KF May Overclock Better Than 9900K

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

Welcome to the Core i9-9900KF. Yes, this is not a typo. The eight-core 16-thread Core i9-9900KF is the newest mainstream processor from Team Intel. And versus the 9900K, it may overclock better.

AMD Threadripper 3990X: How I set 10 Overclocking Records

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

I took this 64-core beast all the way up to 5.7 GHz from its stock speed of 4.3 GHz.

32-Core Overclock: How I Pushed the Threadripper 3970X 1 GHz Over Its Limit

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch last updated

I take the Cinebench world record with the Threadripper 3970X

6.9 GHz on All 8 Cores: How I Set a World Record with a Hand-Picked Core i9-9900KS

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

This specially-binned chip got as quick as 6.95 GHz on all of its cores or over 7-GHz on a single core.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Tested: Unreleased 65W Processor Sets World Records

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

We take AMD's unreleased 12-core 24-thread Ryzen 9 3900 our for a spin, setting a few world records with the 65W chip.

Even at -180 Degrees, Ryzen 3000 May Not Hit Boost Clock Speeds

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

If you want to hit the advertised boost clock on your third-gen Ryzen chip, great cooling could not be enough.

Ticked Off: Clock Bug Leads to False Ryzen Benchmark Scores

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

A persistent bug in Windows 10 means that 3rd Gen Ryzen chips could give inaccurately high or low test scores.

5.7 GHz on 28 Cores: Overclocking the Intel Xeon W-3175

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

With the right motherboard and cooling, Intel's first unlocked workstation-class processor can go well beyond its 3.8-GHz rated boost speed.

Liquid Nitrogen, CPU Solder and High Voltage: How I Set Overclocking Records

By Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch published

Top-ranked overclocker Allen “Splave” Golibersuch explains how he breaks records and why you should care, even if you aren’t going to pour LN2 on your CPU.

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