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SkatterBencher #71: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X Overclocked to 5715 MHz

We overclock the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X up to 5715 MHz with the GIGABYTE TRX50 Aero D motherboard and EK custom loop water cooling. It is my second Ryzen Threadripper 7000 overclocking guide. Despite the overclocking process being very similar to the 7980X, I learned some new things about

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SkatterBencher #70: AMD Radeon 780M Overclocked to 3150 MHz

Pieter
posted on February 9, 2024February 29, 2024
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We overclock the AMD Radeon 780M integrated into the Ryzen 7 8700G up to 3150 MHz with the ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I Gaming WiFi motherboard and EK custom loop water cooling. I already overclocked the Ryzen 7 8700G CPU cores in SkatterBencher #69. Still, today, we finally get to do the most exciting

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SkatterBencher #69: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Overclocked to 5350 MHz

Pieter
posted on January 30, 2024January 30, 2024
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We overclock and undervolt the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Hawk Point APU up to 5350 MHz with the ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I Gaming WiFi motherboard and EK custom loop water cooling. This APU is the successor to the 5700G which I overclocked in SkatterBencher #24, almost 3 years ago. APUs are always interesting

skatterbencher #68: core i7-14700k to 6.2 ghz

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SkatterBencher #68: Intel Core i7-14700K Overclocked to 6200 MHz

Pieter
posted on January 20, 2024January 18, 2024
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I overclock and undervolt the Intel Core i7-14700K Raptor Lake Refresh CPU up to 6.2 GHz with the ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero motherboard and EK-Quantum water cooling. This is my second 14th gen overclocking guide following the 14900K one from a couple of weeks ago. Arguably, the Core i7-14700K

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Top 5 Overclocking Highlights of 2023

Pieter
posted on December 31, 2023December 25, 2023
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To wrap up this amazing year full of overclocking adventures, we’re looking back at the SkatterBencher’s top five highlights of 2023. While I’m proud of almost every piece of content I put on the YouTube channel and this website, a couple of projects are always extra special to

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SkatterBencher #67: Intel Core i9-14900K Overclocked to 6200 MHz

Pieter
posted on December 16, 2023August 1, 2024
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We overclock and undervolt the Intel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refresh CPU up to 6.2 GHz with the GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard and EK-Quantum water cooling. This is my first overclocking guide for the 14th-generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors, and it’s taken me quite some

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SkatterBencher #66: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Overclocked to 5750 MHz

Pieter
posted on December 1, 2023November 24, 2023
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We overclock the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X up to 5750 MHz with the ASUS Pro WS TRX50-Sage WiFi motherboard and custom loop water cooling. This will be the third time I overclock a Ryzen Threadripper CPU after the 3990X in SkatterBencher #36 and the 5990X in SkatterBencher #43. Those were also

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9 New Things About Overclocking Ryzen Threadripper 7000

Pieter
posted on November 21, 2023December 12, 2023
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Here are 9 things you need to know before overclocking the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 “Storm Peak” processors. Ryzen Threadripper 7000: Introduction What is “Storm Peak?” Storm Peak is the codename for the brand-new Zen 4-based Ryzen Threadripper 7000 and Ryzen

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Raptor Lake Refresh Fast Throttle

Pieter
posted on October 27, 2023October 24, 2023
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Fast Throttle, or per-core thermal throttle, is one of the new overclocking-related features introduced with Raptor Lake Refresh processors. It’s a thermal management technology that enables per-core clock throttling in case of overheating. Introduction I’m removing the heatsink on top of

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ASUS sets OC world record with Intel Core i9-14900KF at 9.044GHz! | Talking Tech | Intel Technology

Pieter
posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
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SkatterBencher collaborates with ASUS, ElmorLabs, and Intel to break the CPU Frequency World Record once more, this time with the Core i9-14900KF. “Go behind the scenes of the world record set by master overclockers Jon “Elmor” Sandstrom and Pieter “SkatterBencher” Plaisier and

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Foundation Toolkit

Pieter
posted on October 22, 2023October 22, 2023
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The Foundation Toolkit is the first-ever cloud-based CPU customization application built with the Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) SDK. It is currently in a proof-of-concept stage as we are gathering additional resources to bring a fully commercial product to market. It is the result of

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SkatterBencher #62: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Overclocked to 2220 MHz

Pieter
posted on October 22, 2023August 10, 2024
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We overclock the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 up to 2200 MHz with the EVGA XC Gaming graphics card and custom loop water cooling. The RTX 3050 is the third NVIDIA graphics card I tried since returning to discrete graphics card overclocking last year. I usually try the most low-end versions of an

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SkatterBencher #71: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X Overclocked to 5715 MHz

SkatterBencher #70: AMD Radeon 780M Overclocked to 3150 MHz

SkatterBencher #69: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Overclocked to 5350 MHz

SkatterBencher #68: Intel Core i7-14700K Overclocked to 6200 MHz

Top 5 Overclocking Highlights of 2023

SkatterBencher #67: Intel Core i9-14900K Overclocked to 6200 MHz

SkatterBencher #66: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Overclocked to 5750 MHz

9 New Things About Overclocking Ryzen Threadripper 7000

Raptor Lake Refresh Fast Throttle

ASUS sets OC world record with Intel Core i9-14900KF at 9.044GHz! | Talking Tech | Intel Technology

Foundation Toolkit

SkatterBencher #62: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Overclocked to 2220 MHz

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