Amd's athlon 200ge can now be unlocked via bios

When AMD released the Zen-based Athlon 200GE, it revealed that the processor would be its first locked-in Zen-based desktop processor, without being able to overclock it to get some more performance out.

The Athlon 200GE has been overclocked to 3.9 GHz

Things have changed in recent months when the YouTube channel TechEpiphany discovered that the Athlon 200GE is overclockable using certain BIO files, revealing a UEFI bug similar to what was seen on early Skylake non-K processors.

Using the MSI B350M Gaming Pro motherboard and the latest AGESA 1006 BIOS supplied by MSI, the AMD Athlon 200GE can be overclocked using both the Base Clock and the Overclocking Multiplier, which also allows for higher RAM speeds using more BCLK clocks. high.

Using this method, TechEpiphany managed to achieve a clock speed of just over 3.9GHz, a significant increase over the default clock speed of 3.2GHz, representing an increase of over 20%. Tom's Hardware has successfully validated these findings using an MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC motherboard using its latest BIOS files.

While overclocking a dual-core processor may not be among some people's priorities, the performance boost seen here may be more than valuable to those using the Athlon 200GE as a basic desktop machine or as part of an HTPC or a home file storage server. This will push the CPU above its 35W TDP, although depending on the user, the additional power consumption may be a price worth paying.

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