Ever since Sandy Bridge came to market Intel’s processors had been limited in overclocking terms, for overclockers the only way to achieve an overclock was via multiplier changes and a default base ...

Skylake processors that were discovered to be readily overclockable are having their speeds locked back down, with Intel shipping a new microcode update for the chips that closes a loophole introduced ...

Intel’s 65W 12th Gen CPUs are trickling into the market. They offer good value, and in particular they make strong gaming CPUs due to the impressive clock for clock performance of the Golden Cove P ...

Non-K processors aren't designed with overclocking in mind, but an enthusiast has managed to squeeze more performance out of Intel's Alder Lake Core i5-12490F. How much performance? Well, according to ...

Budget PC builders are in for a treat: It’s been officially confirmed that you can now heavily overclock Intel’s cheap Skylake chips with a BIOS update. Tech site TechSpot confirmed it through ...

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Another motherboard maker just joined the overclocking revolution for cheaper, non-K series Intel Skylake chips, following in the footsteps of ASRock, Biostar, and others. EVGA published a BIOS update ...

We were keen to see how the 4.7GHz overclock affected system power consumption. Since we are operating the Core i3-6100 exactly 1000MHz over spec and had increased the voltage, we expected power ...

Once upon a time, there were two ways to overclock a CPU. Raising the multiplier has been the simplest and easiest option since it came to be, but old hardware nerds like this author will recall the ...

It's been just over a year since Intel launched Haswell, its first major core update in several years. Despite that core's notable improvements for mobile products and its improved graphics ...

Despite beating out the previous fastest gaming chip, some might still want to pull more performance from their new Ryzen 7 5800X3D. If that's the case, then I've got good news for you. While AMD has ...