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(Image credit: "Hero" on HWBot) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google AMD is set to take the stage at CES in just a few days where it's expected to unveil two new X3D chips , one of them being the 9850X3D, which is said to succeed the existing Ryzen 7 9800X3D. So, this seems like the perfect time to break the world record for the outgoing best gaming CPU , giving it a final tribute before it's replaced. Chinese overlocker "Hero" has just pushed the 9800X3D to 7,335.48 MHz , breaking the previous world record by just a smidge.
Hero used the recently-launched Colorful iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 motherboard, a flagship offering from the company featuring an 18+2+2 phase VRM setup. It's made with overclocking in mind for both the processor and the RAM, with only two DIMM slots for that reason. The CPU-Z screenshot and HWBot listing don't tell us exactly what memory was used (apart from DDR5), but it does shine light on the CPU's settings.
(Image credit: "Hero" on HWBot) (Image credit: "Hero" on HWBot) The overclocker employed an unusually high voltage of 1.688V, which wouldn't be practical in real-world usage. This makes sense since the HWBot page is categorized under single-core peak frequency and not sustained load. As such, liquid nitrogen was expectedly utilized to keep the chip cool, and that translated in the uncore frequency also hitting 2,399.2 MHz — something that actually would make a difference in day-to-day performance.
AMD prepping new X3D chip with higher clock speeds
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-enthusiast-overclocks-amds-ryzen-7-9800x3d-to-7-33ghz-on-colorful-x870e-vulcan-motherboard-new-world-record-achieved-using-liquid-nitrogen-cooling#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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