Australian overclocker FatBoyNotSoSlim has pushed the limits of the unreleased Gigabyte X870 AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard, achieving an impressive 6.3 GHz overclock on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor. This feat highlights the motherboard's potential for extreme overclocking.
Record-Breaking Overclocking
FatBoyNotSoSlim, a prominent overclocker, successfully boosted the Ryzen 9 9950X, the flagship Zen 5 desktop CPU, to 6.3 GHz, a 10.5% increase over its default boost clock of 5.7 GHz. While this isn't a world record overall, it has positioned the overclocker at the top of several benchmark leaderboards.
Liquid Nitrogen Cooling and Benchmarks
The overclocking experiment involved the use of liquid nitrogen cooling to achieve the stable 6.3 GHz frequency. The results have been validated across various benchmarks:
- 3DMark: The overclocked Ryzen 9 9950X achieved 22,828 points, a 35% improvement compared to its stock score of 16,856 points.
- HWBot: The setup was validated with a 23 second wPrime score, and 5 min 6 seconds 924ms SuperPi score, placing FatBoyNotSoSlim second in the world records for both.
Gigabyte X870 AORUS Tachyon ICE Motherboard
The X870 AORUS Tachyon ICE, which is yet to be officially released by Gigabyte, has proven its mettle. Although its design is currently unknown, it is speculated to resemble the AORUS Z890 Tachyon ICE, featuring dual memory slots at the top.
Implications
While the 6.3 GHz overclock was achieved on a single core, the results demonstrate both the overclocker's expertise and the Gigabyte X870 AORUS Tachyon ICE's capabilities for extreme overclocking. This unreleased motherboard is poised to attract significant interest from enthusiasts once it hits the market.
Source: @HXL on Twitter
