CPU overclockers hit a ceiling, and it happened about 17 years ago
The golden age of overclocking has long passed
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Intel CPUs Are Crashing and It's Intel's Fault: Intel Baseline Profile Benchmark
For years, we have highlighted Intel's loosely defined CPU power specs and the problems they pose for customers. The issue now is that some 13th and 14th-gen processors have started crashing.
Nvidia advises crash-prone gamers to look to Intel for assistance
Video memory-related errors are Intel's fault, Nvidia says
Intel is finally investigating reports of high-end 13th/14th-gen CPUs causing game crashes
Around ten people per day have been returning their CPUs in Korea
Game patch notes recommend downclocking high-end Intel CPUs for the sake of stability
Another game affected by Intel CPU power draw crashes
Recent high-end Intel CPUs are crashing Unreal Engine games
When CPUs get too hot and power-hungry
MSI Afterburner drops XP support, RTSS adds Reflex support
MSI Afterburner 4.6.6 updates the RivaTuner Statistics Server with more than 90 enhancements and new features including programmable conditional layers support, PresentMon and Nvidia Reflex integration.
Overclocking the Ryzen 7 8700G's integrated Radeon 780M graphics
Not a ton of overclocking headroom on the iGPU
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G tested with overclocked DDR5 memory
The new Zen 4 APU can benefit from extreme memory frequencies
It's possible to overclock SSDs, but you probably shouldn't
In a nutshell: Squeezing every bit of performance out of a PC – whether for sport or from a value position – is what overclocking is all about. Ramping up clock speeds, increasing voltage settings, and tightening memory timings are all common ways to make CPUs, GPUs, and memory run faster, but did you know it's technically possible to apply some of these same techniques to solid-state drives?
Overclocking blows a hidden fuse on Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs, but won't void your warranty
AMD can tell if you overclocked Threadripper
Overclocker achieves 1,000 FPS in Counter-Strike 2 using liquid nitrogen
Does your motherboard have a dedicated LN2 button?
Extreme overclocker makes Intel Core i9-14900KF scream to a record-breaking 9 GHz
Processor technically reached 9.1 GHz but couldn't validate on CPU-Z
Overclocking tool OCCT 12.1 adds new CPU and GPU stress tests
OCCT 12.1 introduces a new 3D adaptive test for GPUs, gradually increasing its intensity level and simulating real-world loads. Additionally, it includes a new CPU cache latency and bandwidth test.
Nintendo Switch console overclocked and modded to run modern PC games
Even with the extra horsepower, it's not enough
RAM overclocker breaks the 9,000 MT/s barrier with AM5's new firmware update
The impressive speeds were reached using a modest 1.4v setting
Overclocking tool OCCT 12 launches with new UI, uses less CPU resources
OCCT (Overclock Checking Tool), one of our 21 apps to analyze and benchmark your hardware, has hit a new milestone with improvements all over. OCCT is all-in-one stability check and benchmark stress test tool.
Overclocking the Switch can boost performance in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Memory bandwidth is the biggest bottleneck
Overclocking tool MSI Afterburner gets first stable update in years
The popular GPU overclocking utility isn't so dead after all
How Hot is Too Hot for PC Hardware?
With power limits of CPUs and graphics cards climbing ever higher, and news reports of chips hitting sky-high temperatures appearing almost weekly, it seems that now is as good a time as any to ask a simple question – just how hot is too hot for today's PC components?
A look at the prototype hardware and software Intel uses for CPU validation
Also, overclocking Intel's new mobile CPU to 6GHz
Intel Core i9-13900KS Review: Hitting 6 GHz
The new Core i9-13900KS is very much like the 12900KS and 9900KS before it – this is a mildly overclocked 'special edition' CPU, binned silicon meant to be a little faster and more expensive.
