The document discusses overclocking, the practice of increasing computer components' frequencies for enhanced performance, highlighting record-breaking achievements up to 8794 MHz in 2012. It features the AMD 'Bulldozer' FX-8350 processor, which was overclocked significantly from its default 4200 MHz. Additionally, it introduces TeamAU, Australia's top overclocking team, known for its competitive successes.

1. Pushing Limits:
Overclocking Beyond 8 GHz

2. The Guinness World Record
September 2011
Austin, Texas, USA

4. Overclocking
Overclocking is the process of increasing a computer component’s
operating frequency in order to obtain higher computing performance
Some people do it for higher gaming or video-encoding performance
The extreme overclockers do it to figure out what are the limits of
hardware components

5. Overclocking
• Nowadays most processors
operate at 3 GHz or higher.
• Overclockers achieve 4.6 GHz or
higher – stable
• Extreme overclockers go higher.
A LOT HIGHER

6. 1613 MHz
September 3, 2000
3027 MHz
October 9, 2001
5126 MHz
July 3, 2003
6009 MHz
May 25, 2004
7133 MHz
August 10, 2005
8000 MHz
January 21, 2007
8429 MHz
September 2, 2011
8794 MHz
November 19, 2012
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GHz Overclocking Frequency Record

7. 8794 MHz, Highest Processor Frequency Ever
• AMD “Bulldozer” processor
• FX-8350, 2nd Generation
(Vishera)
• Default: 4200 MHz, 8 cores

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LittleFoot
Chompers
Sharptooth
Thunderbird
Palomino
Thoroughbred
Barton
Thorton
Sledgehammer
Clawhammer
Winchester
Venice
SanDiego
Manchester
Toledo
Brisbane
Windor
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Thuban
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Vishera
Richland
Kaveri
Godavari
Carrizo
BristolRidge
SummitRidge
RavenRidge
"K6"
(1997-1999)
"K7"
(1999-2001)
"K8 Hammer"
(2003-2006)
"K10 Dragon"
(2007-2010)
"Bulldozer"
(2011-2016)
"Zen"
(2017-...)
OperatingFrequency
GHz AMD Processors – Frequency
Highest SKU Highest Frequency

9. Chasing Records
MAN MACHINEvs

10. CPU Binning

11. Hardware Setup

12. Insulation

13. Configure BIOS

14. Liquid Nitrogen

15. “Overclocking is the process of blue-screening until you get a result”

16. Introducing TeamAU and
Australia OC

19. TeamAU, Australia’s Elite overclockers

20. Australia OC

21. Three Time Country Cup Champions

22. Three Time Country Cup Champions

23. Overclockers vs CS:GO players

24. Top Tier Overclockers
Youngpro SniperOz Dinos22

25. The youngbloods!
Zeropluszero Fatboynotsoslim

27. It’s over 8000!
Fingers crossed

28. Getting started
HWBOT: http://hwbot.org/
Events: http://x.hwbot.org/
Team AU: http://teamau.net/