Intel’s Raptor Lake processors have been unleashed and have impressed all-round, with the flagship getting a glowing evaluate from us – and now that Core i9-13900Ok has grabbed the world file for the quickest ever desktop CPU overclock.

Sure, the long-held title which AMD proudly locked down some eight years in the past – with its FX 8370 processor – has fallen, with professional overclocker Elmor managing to push the 13900Ok to succeed in a staggering 8812.85MHz.

The world file set by the AMD FX 8370 (courtesy of The Stilt) was 8722.78MHz, that means the 13900Ok was 1% quicker (that is going by the HWBOT rankings (opens in new tab), as flagged up by VideoCardz (opens in new tab)).

Naturally, this overclock used liquid nitrogen cooling, as all record-breaking endeavors do (or an equal unique methodology of taking the CPU proper down in temperature quickly, to permit for it to be pushed ridiculously onerous). The 13900Ok was sat in an Asus ROG Z790 Apex motherboard (Shamino from Asus ROG was concerned within the record-setting overclock which you’ll be able to watch right here (opens in new tab)).

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Properly, we sort of guessed this was coming, after the Core i9-13900Ok was doing so effectively in leaked pre-release overclocks (which crested the 8GHz mark, after which 8.2GHz extra just lately). What we didn’t count on, to be honest, is for the Raptor Lake flagship to right away depose the AMD FX 8370 on the prime of the fastest-ever rankings on HWBOT.

Normally, it takes extra time to appreciate such spectacular overclocking positive aspects, so this can be a significantly eye-opening exhibiting from the 13900Ok. Extra to the purpose, inevitably as time progresses, overclockers will get extra out of any given processor, so we are able to anticipate the 13900Ok pushing nearer to the magic 9GHz mark, even.

What does this imply for the common PC consumer? Or at the very least, the common PC consumer wanting on the high-end of the processor market who can afford to splash out on flagship silicon?

Properly, clearly these of us gained’t see something like closing on 9GHz speeds which may solely be achieved by unique cooling. However what this represents is a sign that the 13900Ok goes to supply good overclocking potential in any respect ranges, and certainly the entire Raptor Lake vary seemingly will.

We’re already listening to elsewhere that there’s plentiful headroom for overclocking (for the common consumer) with the 13700Ok – the extra reasonably priced Raptor Lake higher-end (Core i7) choice – so all this bodes rather well for avid gamers or fans who wish to get essentially the most out of their 13th-gen chip even with air cooling (and positively an excellent liquid cooler).

Briefly, liquid nitrogen isn’t wanted to essentially really feel the advantage of Raptor Lake’s overclocking chops, not by any means – and these are thrilling instances for individuals who prefer to tinker with their CPU and tweak it to get the most effective efficiency.

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