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Ryzen 9 9950X HTFmax

Pieter
posted on October 1, 2024September 21, 2024
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When the Ryzen 9 9950X exceeds 35 degrees Celsius, the maximum frequency is restricted by the Precision Boost HTFmax limiter. In this short blog post, I explain how the HTFmax limiter works, its impact on performance, and how we can work around the limiter. Let’s get started! AMD Precision Boost

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SkatterBencher #81: Ryzen 9 9950X Overclocked to 5900 MHz

Pieter
posted on September 26, 2024August 11, 2025
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We overclock the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X to 5900 MHz with the ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard and EK water cooling. I do this by leveraging Curve Optimizer and Curve Shaper to undervolt the VFT curve of both CCDs. In this guide, I break down the tuning process into four unique overclocking

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6 GHz AIO Cooled Ryzen 5 9600X

Pieter
posted on September 21, 2024September 21, 2024
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In this brief follow-up to SkatterBencher #79, I overclock the Ryzen 5 9600X to 6 GHz and run some more benchmarks. This particular Ryzen 5 9600X is a surprisingly good overclocker! With the right BIOS settings and finetuning, I could surpass 6 GHz effective clock just like I could with the Ryzen 7

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6851 MHz AMD Ryzen 9000 with Liquid Nitrogen

Pieter
posted on September 16, 2024August 29, 2024
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We beat a 7.1 GHZ Core i9 with an AMD Ryzen 9000 to take the record in the OCCT AVX Single Thread benchmark. Introduction Today, we’re having a shot at some overclocking records with the Ryzen 7 9700X “Granite Ridge” processor and liquid nitrogen cooling. I will walk you through my process

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SkatterBencher #80: Ryzen 7 9700X Extreme Overclocked to 6325 MHz

Pieter
posted on September 11, 2024September 15, 2024
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We overclock the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X to 6325 MHz with the ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene motherboard and extreme liquid nitrogen cooling. In this special SkatterBencher guide, we’re overclocking the Ryzen 7 9700X to 6325 MHz with the ultimate form of extreme sub-zero cooling: liquid nitrogen. First,

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Undervolt Ryzen 9000

Pieter
posted on September 6, 2024September 6, 2024
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Curve Optimizer and Curve Shaper are not the only ways to undervolt your Ryzen CPU. You can also undervolt by lowering the operating temperature. Let me explain! In this video, I cover three topics related to undervolting Ryzen CPUs: We’ve got lots to cover, so let’s get started. The

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SkatterBencher #79: Ryzen 5 9600X Overclocked to 5818 MHz

Pieter
posted on September 1, 2024August 27, 2024
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We overclock the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X to 5818 MHz with the ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard and AIO water cooling. I do this by leveraging asynchronous eCLK to stretch the V/F curve beyond the Precision Boost limit. Of course, that also requires finetuning with the new Curve Shaper. In this

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6 GHz AIO Cooled Ryzen 7 9700X

Pieter
posted on August 17, 2024August 27, 2024
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In this brief follow-up to SkatterBencher #78, I overclock the Ryzen 7 9700X to 6 GHz and run some more benchmarks. This particular Ryzen 7 9700X is a surprisingly good overclocker! With the right BIOS settings and finetuning, I could surpass 6 GHz effective clock on two out of the eight available

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Granite Ridge Overclocking: Curve Shaper

I analyzed over 100,000 voltage-frequency points of my Ryzen 9 9950X “Granite Ridge” CPU to understand how AMD Curve Shaper works. Introduction Curve Shaper is a prominent new overclocking feature AMD announced alongside its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” processor line-up. It’s

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SkatterBencher #78: Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocked to 5860 MHz

We overclock the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X to 5860 MHz with the ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard and AIO water cooling. I do this by leveraging asynchronous eCLK to stretch the V/F curve beyond the Precision Boost limit. Of course, that also requires finetuning with the new Curve Shaper. In this

raspberry pi 5 skatterbencher overclocking guide

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SkatterBencher #77: Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocked to 3000 MHz

We overclock the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer to 3000 MHz with the 52pi Ice Tower cooler and modified firmware. 3 GHz is the highest frequency I can achieve with my Raspberry Pi 5. I wrote my own hardware telemetry script, hacked the firmware, and hooked up the EVC2 to get the most out of

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Talking Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocking on The Pi Cast #181

SkatterBencher joins the Pi Cast team to talk about overclocking the Raspberry Pi 5, live on July 2nd, 2024 (2pm EDT / 7pm BST). The Pi Cast On a weekly basis, the Pi Cast crew streams live on YouTube and Facebook discussing everything related to Raspberry Pi. The show is hosted by Tom’s

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Ryzen 9 9950X HTFmax

SkatterBencher #81: Ryzen 9 9950X Overclocked to 5900 MHz

6 GHz AIO Cooled Ryzen 5 9600X

6851 MHz AMD Ryzen 9000 with Liquid Nitrogen

SkatterBencher #80: Ryzen 7 9700X Extreme Overclocked to 6325 MHz

Undervolt Ryzen 9000

SkatterBencher #79: Ryzen 5 9600X Overclocked to 5818 MHz

6 GHz AIO Cooled Ryzen 7 9700X

Granite Ridge Overclocking: Curve Shaper

SkatterBencher #78: Ryzen 7 9700X Overclocked to 5860 MHz

SkatterBencher #77: Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocked to 3000 MHz

Talking Raspberry Pi 5 Overclocking on The Pi Cast #181

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