The 6700K is a decade-old chip but still puts up decent performance numbers in games.

The question of whether overclocking can damage your CPU is nothing new, having been a topic of debate for years among hardcore gamers, tech buffs, PC DIY builders, and content creators alike. To some ...

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D owners will want to replace it with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the latest flagship gaming CPU, at least according to an AMD executive. The "overclocking factor" of the 9800X3D is ...

Intel may be making an interesting move with its next generation of desktop processors. Recent reports suggest Intel will offer "more and more unlocked SKUs over time" with a goal to enable easy ...

The Intel Core i9-14900KF has only been out in the wild officially for one day, and it's already breaking overclocking records. The team at Asus fired up Intel's latest flagship CPU and proceeded to ...

More details about AMD's new Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs are leaking out of the rumor mill right now, and the latest nugget is that you'll reportedly be able to overclock AMD Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs when they come ...

Chinese overclocking team Wytiwx has taken the top spot in the CPU frequency world records, reaching 9.206GHz with an Intel Core i9 14900KF. Leveraging Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme and a large ...

The integrated heat spreaders put on CPUs at the factory are not the most thermally efficient material you could have on there, but what are you going to do—rip it off at the risk of killing your $500 ...

TL;DR: AMD has confirmed that new Threadripper 7000 series CPUs (both Pro and standard versions) include an integrated fuse that can be used to determine if overclocking has ever been enabled on the ...

GIGABYTE, the world's leading computer brand, achieved several milestones in overclocking, including a DDR5-13556 MT/s world ...

The big picture: Intel recently invited two leading overclockers to its headquarters to discuss achieving the world's first 9 GHz CPU overclock. The duo of Pieter-Jan Plaisier (SkatterBencher) and Jon ...