Intel Core i9-10900K flies at 7.7 GHz

A few hours after the expiration of the embargo on Core 10th Gen processors, i come from the network first results in overclocking of the new Intel CPUs, solutions already very pushed in frequency and which, as in the past, demonstrate an excellent propensity for this practice.

The absolute protagonist of the new series is the Core i9-10900K 10 cores / 20 threads: it is the top model of the new range and is capable of reaching up to 5.3 GHz thanks to Thermal Velocity Boost technology and a nominal TDP of 125W. It is therefore not surprising that the overclokers have focused on the top of the range for tests with extreme cooling systems.

The overclocker Elmor managed to push the Core i9-10900K at 7.7 GHz with all cores active, using a motherboard ASUS ROG Maximus XII APEX and a single bank of DDR4 4600 RAM. Cooling involved the use of liquid helium, far more efficient (and expensive) than nitrogen when it comes to extreme overclocking.

A little less fortunate der8auer which with its sample instead reached "only" 7.2 GHz, but with cooling ad liquid nitrogen. The latter however stressed (link in the STREET) the extreme simplicity of overclocking these processors, obviously for those who are already practical in handling liquid nitrogen and in general equipped with iron in terms of voltages and settings that are very out of specification.