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Radeon RX 6900 XT hits 3,225MHz in the hands of Der8auer
Published in Graphics


Powercolor RX 6900 XT Liquid Devil Ultimate breaks 3.0GHz barrier

A well-known overclocker, Roman Der8auer Hartung, has managed to break the RX 6900 XT 3.0GHz barrier with Powercolor's latest Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Devil Ultimate graphics card, hitting an incredible 3,225MHz on LN2.

Core i7-8086K gets delidded and overclocked to 7,243MHz
Published in PC Hardware


By Roman "Der8auer" Hartung

We already had a hunch that Intel's 40th anniversary Core i7-8086K could be an impressive overclocker and Roman "Der8auer" Hartung has already delidded it and overclocked it to an impressive 7,243MHz under LN2.

AMD's Ryzen 2000 series CPU gets delidded
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 24 April 2018 20:38

AMD's Ryzen 2000 series CPU gets delidded


Not worth doing

One of AMD's recently released Ryzen 2000 series CPUs, codename Pinnacle Ridge, has had its top taken off by Der8auer showing that these are still soldered to the IHS and that such a process is simply not worth doing due to small temperature differences.

Intel's Core i9-7920X gets delidded by Der8auer
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 06 September 2017 16:49

Intel's Core i9-7920X gets delidded by Der8auer


Large die and still not soldered

A well-known overclocker, Der8auer, has managed to get its hands on Intel's upcoming 12-core Core i9-7920X Skylake-X CPU, which he managed to delid by using his own new Delid-Die-Mate-X delidding tool and showing what is actually underneath that IHS.

Intel X299 platform is an overclockers' nightmare
Published in PC Hardware


Motherboard manufacturers or Intel to blame?

A well-known overclocker, der8auer, went out on a limb saying that current motherboards based on Intel's X299 chipset are not properly designed and due to high-temperature VRM, and mostly due to a bad heatsink design, are an overclocking nightmare.