When AMD launched its Ryzen lineup of CPUs in 2017, it represented a redemption story for the company. It had been producing disappointing CPUs for a while before then. Performance on that first ...

Overclocking is a bit of a dying art these days. Both Intel and AMD have allowed their CPUs to boost within certain clock speed ranges without any user interference for years now. For a lot of people, ...

TL;DR: AMD has confirmed that new Threadripper 7000 series CPUs (both Pro and standard versions) include an integrated fuse that can be used to determine if overclocking has ever been enabled on the ...

To get more performance from your aging computer or push a new computer to its limit, give overclocking a shot. Overclocking a CPU can help you get more performance from your system without spending ...

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D owners will want to replace it with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the latest flagship gaming CPU, at least according to an AMD executive. The "overclocking factor" of the 9800X3D is ...

Overclocking has been done to CPUs since the days of the original Pentium, and is a common "do-it-yourself" performance boost used by gamers and consumers. While it's not for all form factors of ...

When you think of overclockers, you probably imagine some obsessive tech nerd coming up with an elaborate contraption to boost CPU or graphics card speed. And that’s absolutely true… but sometimes ...

When AMD announced its Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors in August, it announced a peak clock rate of 5.7 GHz for the top-end, 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X model. That CPU is expected to boost to 5.85 GHz ...

It turns out that one of AMD’s best gaming CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, can accidentally be killed if you try to overclock it, and it’s all because there are no limitations as to how far you can push ...

The big picture: Intel recently invited two leading overclockers to its headquarters to discuss achieving the world's first 9 GHz CPU overclock. The duo of Pieter-Jan Plaisier (SkatterBencher) and Jon ...

Don’t know what overclocking is or how to overclock your CPU? Don’t worry, we’re about to walk you through it. If you’re thinking of upgrading your CPU to optimize your gameplay, why not take a look ...

Genres are pretty well established, and you can have an excellent time playing PC titles with something as affordable as a Steam Deck. Yet the quest for maximizing performance continues, and a weapon ...