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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 published
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 published
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.
Gigabyte Shares AMD Ryzen 3000 Per CCX Overclocking Beta
By Niels Broekhuijsen published
A beta BIOS to improve overclocking on AMD Ryzen 3000-series CPUs has arrived for the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard.
Crucial Claims 6,024 MHz DDR4 RAM Overclock Record on AMD Hardware
By Niels Broekhuijsen published
Overclocking team used AMD Ryzen 5 3600X to overclock Crucial's 8GB Ballistix Elite DIMMs.
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.
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