A new frequency world record has been made by an enthusiast overclocker, taking the first spot on the HWBot leaderboard.
"Hero" Achieves a Staggering 7335.48 MHz on Ryzen 7 9800X3D Using the Colorful iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 Motherboard
Chinese overclocker "Hero" has made a new world record for achieving the highest frequency on the AMD Ryzen 9800X3D. Several months have passed since renowned overclocker “hicookie” achieved a new world record. The previous world record was set at 7313 MHz on the popular GIGABYTE X870E AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard. The new record brings the frequency to a staggering 7335.48 MHz, which is the third-time we have seen the 9800X3D crossing the 7000 MHz mark.
Hero used the Colorful iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 motherboard, which was launched two weeks ago as the flagship offering from the company. Featuring a robust 18+2+2 power phase VRM with 110A DrMOS, the motherboard is a beast at overclocking both CPU and memory. It appears that the X870E Vulcan OC is really a beast, which could break some more records, including memory records, as it reportedly offers support of up to 10,000 MT/s.
That said, we can see the current result on the HWBot page by the overclocker, which reveals that the user had to increase the voltage to 1.68 Volts; a very high voltage that is also noticeably higher than what Hicookie used to achieve 7313 MHz. The frequency has been validated by CPU-Z, which shows that the new record uses a higher core multiplier than the previous world record. The Uncore speed is much higher, too, and by reaching 2399 MHz, the system will actually improve the memory access and also real-world performance. But such clocks are hard to sustain for longer, and it is clearly much more difficult to achieve.
Such frequencies can only be achieved with liquid nitrogen cooling, extremely powerful hardware, and also requires tons of experience. While Ryzen 7 9800X3D is often seen as the best gaming CPU, it certainly does other non-gaming tasks impressively as well. However, the liquid-nitrogen setups aren't for the masses and are often required to push the hardware to its limits.
News Source: @unikoshardware
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