Get the most from your AMD CPU

Overclocking is a finicky business: Adjusting frequencies and voltages to try to eke out a bit of extra performance from your rig – while simultaneously avoiding the terror of the blue screen of death. It’s often a lengthy process, too, demanding repeated trips into your BIOS to make minuscule adjustments. AMD processors are also known to be a little tougher to effectively overclock than Intel’s K-variant chips, which have excellent overclocking headroom.

Thankfully, there’s an easier way to manage overclocking on AMD processors. While there is plenty of licensed and unlicensed overclocking software out there, AMD has its own official piece: Ryzen Master, which can adjust both CPU and RAM settings on the fly in Windows. No BIOS trips necessary.

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