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Intel to Add Extreme 350W OC Mode With Certain Raptor Lake CPUs/Motherboards?
Intel is expected to announce the launch of its new 13th-gen Raptor Lake desktop processors on September 27th with a release date looking likely for some point in or around mid-October. – While a new generation of CPUs will, of course, be bringing better generic performance along with it (hopefully),…
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Thermaltake ToughPower TF1 1550W Power Supply Review
There are times where a ‘standard’ power supply just isn’t good enough. Particularly for those people who like to dabble in the world of extreme overclocking. With the launch of the new ToughPower TF1 1550W, therefore, Thermaltake might just have the perfect solution for consumers looking for massive amounts of…
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Thermaltake Unveil Toughpower TF1 1550W Titanium PSU
Thermaltake has today announced the launch of its new Toughpower TF1 1550 W Titanium – TT Premium Edition. This is an extremely high-end power supply unit that comes in 1550 W, and is specially designed for overlocking enthusiasts. The Toughpower TF1 1550 W Titanium is dedicated to providing a better…
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PowerColor 6900 XT Devil Ultimate/Liquid GPUs Revealed
PowerColor (TUL Corporation) has announced its ULTIMATE models of the RED DEVIL and LIQUID DEVIL AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT series for true gaming overclocking enthusiasts that want to unlock the ultimate performance of the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. PowerColor Radeon RX 6900 XT Devil Ultimate and Liquid Graphics…
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Overclockers Push the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 to 5.92 GHz!
Earlier this week we saw the formal launch of the brand new AMD Ryzen 3100 and 3300X processors and, if you specifically want to learn more about those, you can check out our in-depth review of them here. In a nutshell though, with prices of $99 and $120 respectively, AMD…
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Extreme Overclocker Gets AMD FX-8350 to 8.1GHz
While I’ve occasionally been brave enough to attempt a moderate overclock on my hardware, I must admit that I find the world of extreme overclocking very interesting but also mildly terrifying. In a new video posted on (the very well-known) German overclocker Roman “der8auer” Hartung channel, however, he has achieved…
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ASRock Claim X99 OC Formula Offers 1300W of CPU Power Capability
ASRock is preparing to go all out for extreme Haswell-E overclocking with their X99 OC Formula motherboard. According to an image they posted up on their Facebook page the OC Formula X99 motherboard will boast a 12 phase VRM that is capable of pumping 1300W through the CPU – if…
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EVGA and Kingpin Take the GTX 780 Ti To A Staggering 2GHz
EVGA have announced that their professional overclockers Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido working with Illya “Tin” Tsemenko have set a new benchmark and frequency record. The pair of pro-overclockers managed an impressive 2025MHz frequency on the GTX 780 Ti core clock as well as a 3DMark FireStrike Extreme score of 8793, for…
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Intel Core i7 4790K Reaches 7GHz With 1.79 Volts On ASRock Z97 OC Formula
The Core i7 4790K has already surpassed the 7 GHz barrier reaching an impressive 7003.38 MHz under some exotic LN2 cooling, that’s despite the new chip being out for less than a month. The feat is similar to what we’ve already seen with the Core i7 4770K except lower volts…
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HWBot Update Windows 8 Submission Rules, Exemptions To Ban
On the back of HWBot recently announcing a blanket-ban for all Windows 8 submitted scores due to an RTC exploit they have now updated the ban with some exemptions and clarifications. Christian Ney, head of moderation, has updated the rules and the new rules are as follows: 1) All new Windows…
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HWBot No Longer Accepts Windows 8-based Submissions
HWBot recently announced that it will no longer accept submissions of benchmarks records from the Windows 8 operating system. HWBot discovered that the way Windows 8 handles the Real Time Clock (RTC) potentially compromises the veracity of benchmark results. HWBot has revealed it is currently looking into possible solutions for…
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Retail i7 4770K Reaches 7068MHz With MSI Z87 XPower
While people have complained that the new Haswell processors just aren’t good overclockers, the “Overclocking Knights” have taken a retail sample of the Core i7 4770K to beyond 7GHz, 7068.52MHz to be exact. All previous leading results had been set by engineering samples of Intel CPUs that are “cherry picked”…
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Galaxy GTX 780 HOF Edition Graphics Card Reaches 1894MHz Core and 7.4GHz memory
Nvidia’s GTX 780 has been out for a few weeks now and already extreme overclocker Mr.Wong from HKEPC has been pushing this GPU to its upper limits. Using Galaxy’s Hall of Fame Edition, a totally custom designed GTX 780, he was able to achieve a massive core clock frequency of…
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G.Skill Bag Six Overclocking World Records From Computex OC Event
G.Skill were certainly very busy at Computex and at the Computex OC event they bagged six new world records. You can see the details of all the new overclocking World Records below: Memory Frequency- DDR3 4283.2MHz Overclockers: Hiwa, Christian Ney & Young Pro Memory: G.SKILL TridentX Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI IMPACT CPU: Intel Core…
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Colorful Shows Off iGame GTX Titan Ultra Edition With Sub-Zero Cooler
Colorful never cease to amaze us with some of their amazing GPU and graphics card innovations and with Nvidia lifting restrictions on custom GTX Titan PCB and cooler designs, Colorful have really gone for it this time. Hermitage Akihabara have revealed Colorful’s iGame GTX Titan Ultra Edition graphics card can…
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