Pushing Limits:Overclocking Beyond 8 GHz

The Guinness World RecordSeptember 2011Austin, Texas, USA

OverclockingOverclocking is the process of increasing a computer component’s operating frequency in order to obtain higher computing performance

Some people do it for higher gaming or video-encoding performance

The extreme overclockers do it to figure out what are the limits of hardware components

Overclocking• Nowadays most processors

operate at 3 GHz or higher.

• Overclockers achieve 4.6 GHz or higher – stable

• Extreme overclockers go higher.

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• AMD “Bulldozer” processor

• FX-8350, 2nd Generation (Vishera)

• Default: 4200 MHz, 8 cores

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Chasing RecordsMAN MACHINEvs

CPU Binning

Hardware Setup

Insulation

Configure BIOS

Liquid Nitrogen

“Overclocking is the process of blue-screening until you get a result”

Introducing TeamAU and Australia OC

TeamAU, Australia’s Elite overclockers

Australia OC

Three Time Country Cup Champions

Three Time Country Cup Champions

Overclockers vs CS:GO players

Top Tier Overclockers

Youngpro SniperOz Dinos22

The youngbloods!

Zeropluszero Fatboynotsoslim

It’s over 8000!Fingers crossed

Getting started

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Events: http://x.hwbot.org/

Team AU: http://teamau.net/