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Asus and G.Skill announced a world-record memory overclocking score, hitting DDR5-12112. The new record goes to well-known South Korean overclocking specialist SafeDisk, who has worked with Asus and G.Skill hardware to set and break numerous overclocking records in the past.
The DDR5-12112 speed is impressive, considering that retail G.Skill Trident Z5 memory tops out at DDR5-8400. The score puts Taiwanese Kovan Yang in second place and American BenchMarc in third place.
SafeDisk used an Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard and an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor to get the job done. There have been questions from reviewers about the chip’s performance in certain games and tests, though it won praise for its power consumption and performance in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Credit: G.Skill
Standard liquid cooling won’t let you throw down the kind of numbers that you see from overclockers like SafeDisk. As he did to bust previous records, SafeDisk used liquid nitrogen to keep the CPU and memory frosty, Wccftech reports. Asus and G.Skill didn’t get into detail about how the liquid nitrogen cooling was handled, but overclockers often put a container around the CPU and then pour in the liquid nitrogen. Because the liquid nitrogen evaporates quickly, you need to pour it frequently or even continuously.
Liquid nitrogen is an excellent tool for keeping your hardware cool while pushing it for every last bit of performance. We still remember when an overclocker made headlines with a nitrogen-cooled PC running Doom Eternal at insane frame rates. But for us mere mortals, we’ll have to settle for tamer liquid cooling methods and more moderate overclocks.
For those wondering, the system’s other components included an Nvidia GeForce GT 730 GPU and a 1,600-watt Asus ROG Thor power supply. We wouldn’t mind plugging that beast of a PSU into a gaming rig, but if you’re scratching your head over the GPU choice, keep in mind that the rig is built expressly for boosting the memory frequency.