News AMD Ryzen 7 9700X overclocked to 5.8 GHz with AIO liquid cooler — 6 GHz also achievable but only on idle thus far

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Overclockers have already figured out how to achieve the 6 GHz mark on AMD's latest Ryzen 9000 series parts without using liquid nitrogen.

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X overclocked to 5.8 GHz with AIO liquid cooler — 6 GHz also achievable but only on idle thus far : Read more

 

[jp7189]

I'm surprise at the low clocks, and the heavy lock downs. I'm also shocked at the high temps at relatively low power.

I had high hopes for 9950x headroom, but this lowers them a bit.

 

[NinoPino]

I suppose the limits are due to the PBO overclock system. If he had used a manual overclock probably would not have encountered such limitations.
TSMC process seems not to be very overclock friendly, it will be interesting to see how will perform in overclock the next Intel's that also use TSMC.