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System Name | RYZEN RECKER |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 9700x |
Motherboard | Gigabyte B650 Gaming AX2 |
Cooling | Arctic Cooler 120mm CPU, Cougar case fans. |
Memory | 32GB Gskill 6000mhz |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire 7900xt |
Storage | 3TB NVME with multiple TB back up HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 32" 170hz VA |
Case | Fractal Pop XL |
Audio Device(s) | Corsair Void headset |
Power Supply | Thermaltake 1050w Gold |
Mouse | Steel Series Sensei Ten |
Keyboard | Corsair K55 |
Software | Windows 10 64-bit |
I was literally thinking this while reading it.Apparently they could if they wanted to, according to Ian from Anandtech, Intel CPUs have "fuse bits" that trigger if the CPU goes beyond some limit.
To be honest I feel that OC is kinda dead, the CPUs push themselves quite well, there is almost nothing left, gone are the days when we could really push the CPUs. If memory serves, I had an e4300 at 1.8ghz that could easily reach 3.0ghz.
My Ryzen 1600x literally gives me maybe 2fps more in games if I manually overclock it to 4ghz from the stock 3.6ghz (it will push the most utilized cores higher than 3.6ghz when needed anyway). The only real benefit is for synthetic benchmark scores and encoding..and making it hotter for cold winter days lol.