A YouTuber managed to use base clock overclocking to boost an overclocked Ryzen 7 5800X3D to 4.74Ghz despite AMD not supporting overclocking.
AMD said that its newest processor, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, wouldn’t support overclocking. However, a YouTuber named SkatterBencher was able to boost an overclocked Ryzen 7 5800X3D using base clock overclocking. Don’t Miss: How to block spam texts on your iPhone 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 technically locked the 5800X3D out of overclocking, a YouTuber was able to boost an overclocked Ryzen 7 5800X3D using an alternative overclocking method. Base clock (BCLK) overclocking isn’t widely used by many PC enthusiasts. That’s because base clock overclocking changes the frequency baseline for all of the other components on the motherboard. So, any changes you make for your CPU will also affect your RAM, USB ports, PCIe slots, SATA drives, and so on down the list.
