MSI smashes DDR4 RAM overclocking record thanks to loads of liquid nitrogen

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MSI has set a new computing record, achieving the highest overclock frequency for a DDR4 RAM module. Kovan Yang, a member of MSI’s memory overclocking team, overclocked an 8GB HyperX Predator stick to 7,156MHz - well above the standard 2,400MHz the component can normally achieve.

Yang’s setup (as shared on HWBOT) used an 11th-gen Intel Core i9 processor. Crucially, the team also had to rely on liquid nitrogen, a non-standard cooling method

If you’re wondering why the submission says MSI only achieved 3578MHz, that’s because the DDR part of DDR4 stands for double data rate - so you have to double what was recorded to get the ‘true’ value.

Bethesda demonstrated liquid nitrogen cooling in a video where they achieved 1,000 FPS in Doom Eternal - and unless you have a friend to constantly pour more of the fluid into your system, you won’t be achieving either feat soon.

This extreme custom cooling method allowed MSI to win the memory overclocking crown. If you feel a need to upgrade your own PC’s RAM now, check out our best RAM of 2021 list to see what we’d recommend.

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