… Now, at Computex 2014, a new team of overclocking enthusiasts have proven that the Devil's Canyon core has legs with a 5.5GHz base overclock with air/water cooling, and a 6.4GHz overclock using LN2. …
… AMD's performance in CB20 was breathtaking -- and still is, frankly, if you look at the overclocked numbers. I hit this overclock courtesy of a polar vortex that dropped outside temperatures to ~10F. …
… Ten years ago, Intel's LGA 1156 socket proved to be prone to failure under extreme overclocking due to the use of Foxconn sockets that didn't make perfect contact with the CPU's pads as well as the fact that far more current was being pushed over the tiny connections than they were typically asked … …
… Given the amount of time AMD has had to tweak the design, it's possible we'll see the company launch hardware above the 1GHz threshold or offer the option to intrepid overclockers. …
… And finally, Intel is claiming that Alder Lake will be a great overclocker. We'll see on that score. It's been years since either Intel or AMD shipped a CPU we considered a "great overclocker," and headroom has been dropping on top-end chips for years. …
… The Core i5-2500k is only $220, too -- some 20% cheaper than the FX chip -- and early indications suggest that both chips are equally overclockable. …