Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In today's video, I overclock and undervolt the Intel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake Refresh CPU up to 6.2 GHz with the GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Master X motherboard and EK-Quantum water cooling.

This is my first overclocking guide for the 14th-generation Raptor Lake Refresh processors, and it's taken me quite some time to complete it. I encountered several interesting challenges and problems, which I hope to detail today.

I hope you enjoy the video.

00:00 Intro
07:25 Stock Performance
09:47 OC Strategy #1: Turbo Boost 2.0 + XMP 3.0
14:04 OC Strategy #2: Foundation + Speed Optimizer
17:22 OC Strategy #3: Simple Overclock & Undervolt
27:44 OC Strategy #4: Advanced Overclock & Undervolt
48:06 Let's Wrap Things Up

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Hardware list:
- Intel Core i9-14900K amzn.to/41pUcV0
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- EK-Quantum Velocity2 amzn.to/3GJsdGi
- EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 240 D5 amzn.to/3GI3Uby
- EK-Quantum Surface P480M amzn.to/3NOkkTZ
- ElmorLabs EFC-SB skatterbencher.com/2023/03/04/elmorlabs-efc-sb-skatterbencher-edition
- G.SKILL Trident Z DDR5-7200 CL34 32GB amzn.to/3Nt3Yjb
- Cooler Master V1200 Platinum amzn.to/3tgFtPr
- ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080 TI amzn.to/3uuD0kK
- AORUS RGB 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME amzn.to/3SVlAHX
- Open Benchtable V2 openbenchtable.com
- ElmorLabs PMD-USB elmorlabs.com/product/elmorlabs-pmd-power-measurement-device

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Check out more videos to learn how to overclock:
- Ryzen Threadripper 7980X to 5.75G: youtu.be/ehxU16ji-L0
- GeForce RTX 3050 to 2.2G: youtu.be/i3ai6zH3fS8
- Core i9-11980HK to 5.2G: youtu.be/ot9sOn_EIWo
- Arc A770 to 2.8G: youtu.be/S-iHEqu3ZHw
- Xeon w5-3435X to 5.2G: youtu.be/5w82T00taHU
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D to 5.4G: youtu.be/90UBUq1mLGY
- Xeon w7-2495X to 5.2G: youtu.be/qvAm2ORIT-o
- Ryzen 9 7900X3D to 5.8G: youtu.be/NzNflofJufY
- UHD Graphics 770 (13th Gen) to 2.5G: youtu.be/gN73ri7cSBQ
- Arc A380 to 2.9G: youtu.be/CIDQrNdfABA
- Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) to 3.1G: youtu.be/aohuBCWwQUA
- Ryzen 9 7900 to 5.6G: youtu.be/I5ZpKsKWw8U
- Core i9-13900K P-core to 6.5G: youtu.be/v4V7LN48mks
- Core i9-13900K to 6.0G: youtu.be/ecdrKZ0GVr8
- Core i5-13600K to 6.2G: youtu.be/A_bonaev1RQ
- Core i7-13700K to 6.0G: youtu.be/popQrxK5_nU
- Ryzen 5 7600X to 5.5G: youtu.be/sEWYcpcZ2Zo
- Ryzen 7 7700X to 5.75G: youtu.be/0E0Z4ieo7nw
- Ryzen 9 7900X to 5.9G: youtu.be/o_AMxVcS2DM
- Ryzen 9 7950X to 5.95G: youtu.be/JcyVgTUvQEc
- Ryzen Threadripper 5990X to 4.85G: youtu.be/KNKdZ5WxXYw
- GeForce GTX 1650 to 2.2G: youtu.be/tZZtieXZHEs
- Radeon RX 6500 XT to 3.0G: youtu.be/JTdvfHGCDQU
- GeForce GT 1030 to 2.05: youtu.be/dx3lTnA_nVg
- Ryzen 7 5800X3D to 4.7G: youtu.be/kUyPTBVNXF0
- UHD Graphics 730 to 1.8G: youtu.be/qFLn5hELsXE
- Core i5-12400 to 5.3G: youtu.be/mtKkZKURTS8
- Ryzen Threadripper 3990X to 4.5G: youtu.be/8BAe1iymQH4
- Ryzen 3 5300GE to 4.6G: youtu.be/c6ReuV6K8hw
- Core i9-12900KF to 5.7G: youtu.be/T8EePIhDOvI
- UHD Graphics 770 to 2.4G: youtu.be/Sihfywr0gy0
- Core i5-12600KF to 5.5G: youtu.be/jzPu0QzJyr4
- Core i7-12700K to 5.4G: youtu.be/c_ceb82008s
- Core i9-12900K to 5.6G: youtu.be/AndOG5YkXrI
- Ryzen 9 5900 (B2) to 5.15G: youtu.be/2ZW36TPhFz8
- UHD Graphics 750 to 1.75G: youtu.be/pfeXO4J-0gs
- Ryzen 9 5900X to 5.2G: youtu.be/bxsDScbQJGA
- Core i9-11900K to 5.6G: youtu.be/9Jxjr8vifBg
- Ryzen 7 5700G to 4.85G: youtu.be/4gDfMwOBnoE
- Core i5-11600K to 5.1G: youtu.be/56LcLLSUmfk
- Core i7-11700K to 5.3G: youtu.be/PXMNgxM8RLE
- Core i9-11900K to 5.5G: youtu.be/uNVPBH0bgQU
- Core i9-10850K to 5.4G: youtu.be/Dr3jYa44ric
- Core i9-10900K to 6.0G: youtu.be/I_3BuCNZvGM
- Ryzen 5 5600X to 4.85G: youtu.be/D_606HoHhas
- Ryzen 7 5800X to 4.775G: youtu.be/gDLuwNp06-Q
- Ryzen 9 5900X to 4.75G: youtu.be/bXyyESN87iM
- Ryzen 9 5950X to 4.65G: youtu.be/nJZIGUaEXvU
- Ryzen 7 3800XT to 4.6G: youtu.be/Gw-0DAAnlR8
- Ryzen 9 3900XT to 4.55G: youtu.be/GMNfDldl3Tk
- Core i5-10600K to 5.2G: youtu.be/g4pq2az9U34
- Core i7-10700K to 5.3G: youtu.be/wsDvsC7Fo9E
- Core i9-10900K to 5.4G: youtu.be/cssbWlpmTho

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