You don't necessarily need an ultra high-end motherboard to achieve a great overclock. This was proven by OC team ‘The Overclocking Knights' this week, who used MSI's Z170A Gaming M7 motherboard to push an Intel Core i7 6700K all the way to 6744MHz (6.74GHz), breaking the PiFast World Record. The team also …
Read More »Overclocker hits 4.90GHz frequency with a DDR4 module
The 5GHz frequency milestone for computer memory is yet to be achieved, but professional overclockers are probably not far from hitting it. This week Chi-Kui Lam, a well-known computer tweaker, managed to push a DDR4 memory module from G.Skill to whopping 4.90GHz. Chi-Kui Lam overclocked a 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws 4 …
Read More »G.Skill’s DDR4 memory hits 4.43GHz clock-rate
G.Skill this week announced that an overclocker has managed to push its 4GB DDR4 memory module to 4.43GHz, a new world record for this memory type. The overclocker used current-generation high-end desktop platform, so it is possible to expect that later this year this record will be beaten. Nick Shih, …
Read More »Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion: 8Pack world record interview
Keen to reclaim the crown of the world's number one overclocker, British-born 8Pack selected the Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion for his latest set of attempts. KitGuru caught up with him in his O/C Lab at Overclockers.co.uk's HQ in Stoke. Scores for a range of benchmarks are all brought together at HWBOT where …
Read More »Google exec jumps 135,000ft from edge of space
Google executive and Vice-President of Knowledge, Alan Eustace, has broke the world record for highest altitude jump, skydiving from the edge of space at 135,908 feet. This record was originally set two years ago by Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from 120,000 feet, making him the first free-falling human to break …
Read More »More world records broken at MSI MOA overclocking event
For the second time today we've seen an overclocking world record broken at the MSI MOA overclocking event. This time 8-Pack has managed to break 40,000 marks in 3DMark using the MSI X99S XPower AC motherboard. The new world record 3DMark Fire Strike score is 40052, with help from MSI's …
Read More »Donkey Kong has a new king
If the last time you checked in with the Donkey Kong arcade game world record was the 2007 documentary, King of Kong, then you have quite a bit of catching up to do as the two competitors from the film, Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell, aren't even in the top …
Read More »Opportunity Rover breaks Mars distance record
Curiosity might be the current darling of the science world, having only landed on Mars in 2012, but its older brother Opportunity is making headlines today, because it just became the most travelled Rover in the history of space exploration, beating out the Soviet Union Lunokhod 2, which landed on …
Read More »Fallout 3 finished in under 24 minutes
It turns out that its possible to complete Fallout 3 in just 24 minutes as speed runner, BubblesDelFuego, has set the new world record completion time. Bethesda's post-apocalyptic open world RPG could easily take a whole weekend for most people to beat but thanks to a few gameplay tricks, the main …
Read More »Super Mario Bros completed in under 5 minutes
We've seen a lot of world records recently, the record for the fastest Half Life speed run was broken, the world's largest video game collection was sold for more than $750,000 and now the world record for a Super Mario Bros speed run has been broken. The world record for …
Read More »Biggest video-game collection sells for $750,000
The world's biggest videogame collection, featuring titles from the early 80s, with the Colecovision, through the NES era and beyond, right in to the modern day with the Xbox 360, has been sold, for just over $750,000 (£442,000). Beginning the bidding on GameGavel at just one dollar, a few bids …
Read More »Gigabyte expert writes the book on overclocking, again
One of the most popular sites at any technology show, is that of an expert overclocker pouring LN2 into a record breaking build. Gigabyte's suits in Taipai 101 was no different. KitGuru gets an introduction. To say that someone ‘ Wrote the book on overclocking', might sound like an overstatement. …
Read More »8Pack leads OcUK team to multiple performance records
Given that our most recent survey shows that 93% of KitGuru's audience are serious PC gamers, we know how much you all crave the smooth frame rates and high levels of image quality. That all takes power. Probably more than you're prepared to pay for. Enter overclocking. KitGuru casts an …
Read More »Half-Life speed run world record set
Speed running team, ‘Quadrazoid' has set a new world record by beating Half-Life in just 20 minutes and 41 seconds, comfortably beating the previous record of 29 minutes and 41 seconds by about a the third of the time. This wasn't just a stroke of luck though, the speed run …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V breaks a few world records
Well Grand Theft Auto V broke a few world records, are you surprised? The game has been recognized as breaking seven Guinness World Records now making the achievements official. The confirmation came yesterday as Guiness World Records Editor in Chief, Craig Glenda, praised the game with the following statement: “GTA totally deserves …
Read More »New Pac-Man world record set on game’s anniversary
While competitive gaming these days is all about MOBAs and Starcraft and Call of Duty, there's a growing number of individuals attempting to push the boundaries of what's possible in the ghosts of gaming's past. One such man is David Race, who recently set a new world record for the …
Read More »Kingston launches worlds first 1TB USB 3 Pen Drive
Way back in 1985, a couple of students were discussing technology and touched on the idea of a 1GB memory module. The idea that so much data could be stores in one place – at one time – seemed incredible. They're now both associated with KitGuru and both made the …
Read More »DDR3-3000+ speeds reached in Quad Channel config
The always challenging memory overclocking segment has just witnessed another push to heights not reached previously; this time in terms of quad channel setups. Just last month we saw G.Skill and GIGABYTE reach for the stars, and by George did they ever, achieving a staggering 3736MHz on AMD's dual channel …
Read More »KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up
For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “World Gaming Records: Outcome of the Weekend's Q*Bert World Record Attempt, Youngest Pro Gamer in the World” You …
Read More »KitGuru Gaming – Weekly Round Up
For those tech readers who don’t always get time to check out our game related content at Kitguru gaming – here is a round up of content published in the last week. “The Angry Video Game Nerd” “He’s gonna take you back to the past, to play the shitty games …
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