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The End of High-Performance Overclocking May Be Nigh

"As both AMD and Intel optimize their binning process more and more, overclocking will not be possible as CPUs will boost themselves on their own to the highest clocks possible."

Where’s the [OC] Headroom Going?

Today, modern top-end chips target 4.6 – 5GHz for their own all-core boost frequencies and leave very little room for overclockers to go anywhere else.

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Prior to reading the article, I noticed that my Ryzen 7 3800X advertises 3.9GHz base operating frequency, 4.5GHz single core boost. But, in a Stress Test running all 16 threads at 100%, it actually runs at ~4.3GHz base on all 8 cores with boosts to ~4.5GHz occasionally. Wattage remains below 100W which is below the advertised 105W.

It does not overheat (water cooled) and probably can run like this indefinitely (based on my limited tests).

It does the same when using the included Wraith air cooler but runs about 10C warmer; so, I would not try to run indefinitely on air.

Hence, I've decided not to overclock (as I did with Ryzen 7 1800X) because its not necessary for my uses. My 3800X overclocks itself automatically -- just like the article says.


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