A CPU Nightmare

It was just another day, dreaming, in otherworldly adventures, but almost tearing up in my dreams was not what I expected. I was casually sitting near my computer, just like any other evening, playing games and passing time; my CPU was set at a fixed overclock of 4.2 GHz all core to squeeze every ounce of performance I could from my hardware, for more context, this is the maximum clock speed that AMD considers to be in optimal working conditions. It gets pretty hot during demanding workloads even though it is liquid-cooled. I am a huge fan of server space computing and wish to set up a commercial-grade server at home sometime soon. ...

March 1, 2022 · 2 min · Kalyan Mudumby