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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 81290, member: 636"]
Some mad lad just pushed a Ryzen chip past seventy-three hundred megahertz for a new world record. The overclocker known as Hero achieved a frequency of 7335.48 MHz on an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, snatching the top spot on the HWBot leaderboard. This feat was accomplished using Colorful's new flagship iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 motherboard, a board designed with an insane power delivery system specifically for extreme overclocking.

Hitting that speed required pouring a dangerous 1.68 volts through the CPU, a higher voltage than the previous record holder used, alongside extreme cooling methods like liquid nitrogen. The validation from CPU-Z shows improvements in both the core multiplier and the uncore clock, which can enhance memory performance. This marks only the third time this particular gaming-focused chip has been pushed beyond the seven gigahertz barrier, demonstrating its hidden potential under laboratory conditions.

Records like this are purely for competitive leaderboards, requiring specialist knowledge and equipment far beyond any normal PC setup. While the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a top gaming CPU, these extreme frequencies are completely unsustainable for daily use and represent the absolute limit of silicon capability. The achievement primarily serves to showcase the overclocking prowess of the individual and the capability of the new Colorful motherboard under the most punishing conditions imaginable.
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