We’re still a couple of weeks away from the AMD Zen 5 launch but that hasn’t stopped AMD showing off the full extent of its new CPUs’ capabilities, at least when it comes to overclocking. In a new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X overclocking video by Gamers Nexus, AMD’s overclocking aficionados take the new flagship Zen 5 chip to a ludicrous speed of 6.6GHz, with a little help from a Thermos flask.
The 9950X is fully expected to be among the best gaming CPUs you can buy when it launches, making the Zen 5 release date a highly anticipated one. However, while we still have to wait until July 31 before we can actually buy this processor, AMD has given us a sneak peek at the chip’s capabilities when it’s pushed to extremes.
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