After the release of the Ryzen 5000 series , enthusiasts began testing and overclocking them. With all 16 cores active, the Ryzen 9 5950X was able to run at 6.36 GHz. To do this, Taiwanese overclocker Hicookie used Liquid Nitrogen cooling.
Boost clock frequencies obtained with Liquid Nitrogen cooling
This Ryzen 9 5950X reaches impressive overclocking frequencies. Two Taiwanese were able to exceed the frequency of 6.3 GHz. Taiwanese TSAIK used an MSI X570 Godlike motherboard and was able to achieve the maximum switching frequency of 6.35 GHz . Hicookie, for his part, reached a frequency of 6.36 GHz Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard .
The Swede Elmor with his ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Héros motherboard was able to reach the frequency of 6.1 GHz . Der8auer, for his part, managed to switch the transistors of the Ryzen 9 5950X processor to 5.85 GHz. This Ryzen 9 processor is very fast in overclocking and is ahead of the Ryzen 5 5600X processor. The latter reached a frequency of 6.12 GHz following tests carried out by the Indonesian LUCKY_N00B. These enthusiasts all used Liquid Nitrogen cooling . Other overclockers were also able to achieve fairly high frequencies. You can find the frequencies they were able to reach with their respective scores on the hwbot website.
For those who overclocked with classic air cooling , the frequencies obtained were around 4.5 GHz.
The cooling system in overclocking
The cooling system matters a lot when overclocking . Indeed, to obtain a maximum working frequency, it is necessary to prevent the processor from heating up with its several million integrated transistors which switch at very high frequencies. Here are some types of extreme cooling you can use when overclocking.
Liquid Nitrogen cooling is very popular in eoverclocking. It actually allows temperatures of –196°C. It allows very low negative temperatures to be reached. It is the cooling system with which the lowest temperature is obtained. It would be interesting to use it during occasional tests, but this cooling system is quite difficult to maintain due to the fact that liquid Nitrogen evaporates quite quickly and it would have to be added periodically. Additionally, some components do not work at such low temperatures. This bug is known by the term “cold bug”.
Other types of extreme cooling for overclocking
You can cool the CPU with extreme liquid cooling called: water chiller or DOD . These cooling systems use water cooling to cool the CPU and adopt the same thermodynamic principle as refrigeration devices (compressed gas mixed with ethanol for the water chiller and compressed gas without mixing for the DOD). A temperature of -50°C can be obtained. The disadvantages for this system are nevertheless the space occupied by the compressor which is quite bulky and the fairly high price: it can range from $350 to $1500.
The most accessible solution with fewer constraints is cooling using dry ice for daily use. This system can easily reach –60°C. Dry ice does not evaporate quickly like liquid nitrogen, so there is no need to top up too frequently.
The different extreme cooling systems have their respective advantages and disadvantages. For occasional uses and to break records, you can use liquid nitrogen cooling . The other systems can be used for everyday use.
