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RECENTLY, AMD X570 MOTHERBOARD makers came under scrutiny for potentially running the latest Zen 2 CPUs out of spec. This is nothing new, though the methods behind the Zen 2 “cheats” are slightly different. There are various opinions, which distill down to two basic philosophies.

One is that enthusiasts want their PCs to run as fast as possible, and any tuning that a motherboard manufacturer might do in a

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