Extreme overclocking is our specialty, and with so many exciting new releases, like the Ryzen 9000 series, why not freeze one of these CPUs to see how it performs? In this article, we’ll explore how the Ryzen 7 9700X paired with the ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 handled extreme overclocking using liquid nitrogen! 🙂
As manufacturers invest in increasingly intelligent boost algorithms with limited room for manual tweaking, many claim that overclocking is a thing of the past. Historically, however, APUs have benefited significantly from this practice, with notable performance gains. But does this still hold true for the latest Ryzen 7 8700G? That’s what we will investigate in this article!
If there’s one thing that can’t be missing on this page, it’s extreme overclocking tests, especially with processors that represent the latest on the market, like the Ryzen 7000 series. We’ve already tested the Ryzen 9 7900, which performed exceptionally well in extreme overclocking, reaching frequencies above 6 GHz using only dry ice. Although we already have a good idea of how these processors behave, we still needed to test the Ryzen 7 7700X, our octa-core CPU that has made appearances in several other articles!
Some time ago, we posted an article on extreme overclocking with the Ryzen 9 7900, which is the 12-core CPU that, at least on paper, tends to be quite efficient with its TDP of only 65W. In that occasion, we managed to go beyond 6 GHz using dry ice, and while the results were very satisfying, we are still yet to see what the R9 7900 is capable of under more normal conditions, something we will explore in this article!
The Ryzen 7000 series is not exactly a novelty on our page, as we have several articles about them, such as this kind of guide using the Ryzen 7 7700X, where we explore how far these processors can go with ambient temperature overclocking. On our YouTube channel, we have also conducted several live streams exploring other aspects, such as Raphael’s integrated video performance.
