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Overclocker Uses LN2-Breathing Dragon, AMD Ryzen to Challenge Records
By Scharon Harding published
An overclocker dreams of soaring into first place ranking for CInebench with a 3D-printed dragon head and AMD CPU.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X's 64 Cores Overclocked to 5.5 GHz in World Record
By Zhiye Liu published
Professional overclockers have dropped a number of world records around the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, including pushing its 64 cores to 5.5 GHz.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Support Arrives on 1USmus Overclocking DRAM Calculator
By Niels Broekhuijsen published
If you're into overclocking memory and are on an AMD platform, 1USmus' DRAM Calculator tool is really helpful.
Overclocker Sets Two X265 Benchmark World Records With Intel Celeron CPU
By Scharon Harding published
Christopher “Mythical Tech” Adkins used an Intel Celeron G470-powered system to set new world records for the X265 benchmark at both 4K and 1080p.
Windows 7 Is Dead. But not for Professional Overclockers
By Scharon Harding last updated
Professional overclockers say they'll keep benchmarking with Windows 7 even though it reached end-of-life this week.
Overclocker Gets 1TB of RAM Running on X299 Motherboard Limited to 256GB
By Zhiye Liu last updated
Overclocker Nick Shih filled ASRock's X299 Taichi CLX workstation-grade motherboard with 1TB of memory when the motherboard only officially supports up to 256GB.
Silicon Lottery Overclocks Most AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Samples to 4.1 GHz
By Zhiye Liu published
Silicon Lottery binned AMD Ryzen 9 3950X CPUs, and 56% were capable of hitting a 4.1 GHz clock speed on all 16 cores.
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.
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