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Intel Alder Lake processors are getting more and more attractive: conventional “non-overclockable” CPUs can also be overclocked. Core i5-12400 clocked up to 5.2 GHz
The Intel Alder Lake processors of the Core i3 and Core i5 series already turned out to be very attractive based on the ratio of performance and price compared to AMD Ryzen CPUs, and now another argument has been found in favor of these processors, and a weighty one: as it turned out, even “non-overclockable” models without index K can be overclocked. And in the case of the potentially hit Core i5-12400, overclocking is fully justified, since you can count on a free performance increase of about a third. True, for this at hand you need to have a suitable motherboard.
The well-known overclocker Der8auer reported that ordinary 65-watt Alder Lake without the K index can be overclocked. He noticed that Asus motherboards based on the Z690 chipset (in particular, ROG Maximus and APEX) have the ability to change the BCLK frequency. Moreover, it works only in conjunction with a conventional processor, without the K index in the title.
According to the overclocker, the BCLK OC function is implemented in Asus Z690 APEX and Z690 HERO motherboards with BIOS version 0811. But, for example, it does not work in the same ROG Strix Z690-I. Der8auer suggests that BCLK OC is currently (and will be available) only on top-of-the-line Z690 models with a separate (external) clock generator.
How the overclocking of ordinary Alder Lake takes place, the overclocker demonstrates on the video. It should only be noted that in the case of Alder Lake, bus overclocking does not affect the operation of peripherals, for example, devices connected via the PCIe bus, so this is not only a fairly simple, but generally safe method. Which, however, is accompanied by an increase in the core voltage, an increase in temperature and an increase in power consumption – this must be taken into account when choosing a cooling system for an overclocked CPU.
As for the performance increase, it is, and, in the case of the Core i5-12400, it is noticeable. The CPU ran at 5.2 GHz with all six active cores. Its maximum frequency in the base, recall, is 4.4 GHz. This naturally led to an increase in performance both in benchmarks and in games. The overclocker also overclocked the Core i5-12600, but the result is already more modest here – performance increased by 16%.
In general, the entry-level and mid-range Alder Lake, which already turned out to be very attractive against the background of AMD’s competitors, have now received another weighty argument in their favor.
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The GeForce RTX 5090 will not repeat the fate of the fire-hazardous RTX 4090. Tests of the 12V-2×6 power connector showed that it works even when connected incompletely
Back in July, we learned that Nvidia was working on a replacement for the fire-hazardous 12VHPWR connector. And now the first tests of the 12V-2×6 connector have appeared on the Internet, which should replace the 12VHPWR.
The authors of the HardwareBusters channel visited the laboratory of Linewell, which produces power cables, including for video card manufacturers.
Linewell tested the cable with the new connector, and tested it in a format that simulated the most common cause of 12VHPWR melting. At first, Linewell specialists tested it in normal mode for almost an hour, and the connector only heated up to 46.5 degrees. Then the cable was not connected completely, which usually leads to melting, and a power of more than 640 W was applied to it, that is, exceeding the established limit of 600 W. The connector passed the test, heating up to only 41 degrees.
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Intel wants a “five-year plan” in a year? Next year the company will have three lines of desktop processors at once, as Meteor Lake-S will still be released
Intel seems to have decided to exceed the plan not only in terms of technical processes, but also in terms of CPU lines. It turns out that Meteor Lake-S desktop processors will still be released.
Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel executive vice president and general manager of the client computing group, spoke about this. The PC World journalist, apparently not expecting an affirmative answer to his question regarding the fate of Meteor Lake-S, even asked again, and again received an affirmative answer.
So, tabletop Meteor Lake will still be released, and will be released next year. But now it’s not very clear how Intel is going to launch three lines at once within one year. Let us remind you that Raptor Lake Refresh will be released in October, and Arrow Lake is also expected next year. And if previously it was believed that the latter would simply replace the former, now another line is being added to them.
Perhaps Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake will coexist in the same way as in the mobile segment: Intel said that the former will occupy the mid-price segment, and the latter will be available in the upper price segment. And if these lines are released on desktop at the end of 2024, then they will together replace Raptor Lake Refresh. However, such a division will still be unusual, and Intel itself promised to release ARROW Lake much earlier than at the end of next year.
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The Huawei Kirin 9000s platform is truly unique. It has a 12-core processor, although it’s far from record-breaking performance.
The Kirin 9000s platform continues to bring surprises, although smartphones based on it have been on sale for some time.
After the latest Huawei flagships received HarmonyOS 4.0.0.116, Geekbench software began to define the characteristics of the new SoC differently. If earlier it was seen as an eight-core solution, now the number of processor cores is indicated as 12.
It’s worth remembering here that AnTuTu initially determined that the platform had exactly 12 cores, however, including two Cortex-A34.
Geekbench, well, indicates the types of cores, but talks about three clusters: four cores with a frequency of 1.53 GHz, two with a frequency of 2.62 GHz and six with a frequency of 2.15 GHz. This information is confirmed by screenshots from the mobile version of the benchmark.
We have not yet seen mobile SoCs with 12-core CPUs. At the same time, the performance of the Kirin 9000s, despite this configuration, is far from flagship by 2023 standards, that is, the cores themselves are not the most powerful.
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