Subj : Intel Core i9-14900KF is officially the fastest ever CPU with rec
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Date : Wed Oct 18 2023 12:45:06

Intel Core i9-14900KF is officially the fastest ever CPU with record-breaking 
overclock  and the best is yet to come

Date:
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:24:11 +0000

Description:
Intels Raptor Lake Refresh processor has already set a new world record, and 
we can expect more where that came from.

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Intels Core i9-14900KF has just been released, and the flagship Raptor Lake 
Refresh processor has broken the previous world record for overclocking. 

The Core i9-14900KF  which is the same as the plain 14900K, it just doesnt 
have integrated graphics  was ramped up to 9044MHz (or 9.04GHz) by a team of 
overclockers from Asus (including SkatterBencher, a name that should be 
familiar to anyone who keeps up with the CPU overclocking scene). 

As Toms Hardware reports, that was achieved on a single core (a performance 
one, of course) using liquid helium for cooling. The PC used was built around 
an Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex Encore motherboard and a 1200W Enermax power 
supply. 

The overclock pips the previous world record by 35MHz, so not a massive 
amount by any means, but at the top-end of the overclocking scene, even 
slight gains are impressive. 

Those small advances arent easy to achieve, and as SkatterBencher makes 
clear, it took an entire week to edge out the previous record (held by the 
13900KF, as you might have guessed). Analysis: 9.1GHz and beyond... 

Getting close to 9.1GHz is obviously an eye-opening achievement, although its 
not the first time the 9GHz barrier has been broken  the past record with the 
13900KF was 9.008GHz . 

Interestingly, with the record nabbed, the Asus team did push harder with the 
14900KF and actually saw 9.1GHz achieved  but only very briefly before the 
system locked up. The PC wasnt stable enough, for long enough, at that speed 
to actually validate the overclock, but 9.1GHz was technically reached. 

Given that this is an initial overclocking attempt, its very likely that 
9.1GHz will be fully achieved  in a stable fashion  by the Raptor Lake 
Refresh flagship, because gains with new silicon are always better down the 
line. 

Indeed, theres every chance we could see more than that, as if you recall, 
the 13900K initially hit an 8.8GHz overclock , before it was pushed above 
9GHz a couple of months later. Stay tuned, then. 

While its undeniably pacey in terms of pure clock speeds, as we cover in our 
review, the Core i9-14900K is not the best bet for the average PC owner  
particularly not gamers. 

As for the 14700K, on the other hand well, that impressed us enough to grab 
the top spot in our best processors list (though its not without some 
drawbacks compared to its predecessor ). You might also like Processor 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/intel-core-i9-14900kf-is-officially-th
e-fastest-ever-cpu-with-record-breaking-overclock-and-the-best-is-yet-to-come


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