[STEAM] You can overclock AMD's new X3D Ryzen CPUs, unlike 7800X3D, says leak

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overclock AMD Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs when they come out later this year. If the rumor is correct, we're not just talking about the ability to enable an automatic overclock tool, but being allowed to apply a full manual overclock to the processor.

A manual overclock is when you set a processor to run beyond its rated clock speed, enabling you to get a faster CPU for no extra cost. Most of the

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options support manual overclocking in some form, but the

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X3D lineup has been a notable outlier. That's because overclocking usually increases a CPU's heat output, and there's not much thermal headroom when the CPU cores already have a big stack of 3D V-cache on top of them.

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