When AMD presented it new Precision Boost 2 technology, I have to think AMD undersold the feature in terms of what it was actually able to accomplish. The original Precision Boost on the 1st gen Ryzen processors was anemic at best. After seeing what Precision Boost 2 can accomplish, do we even need to try to overclock our new 2700X Blasphemy!

Let's setup this article by putting two questions into play. Is AMD "overclocking" the 2700X better than we can overclock it? And, how big of an impact does your CPU cooling have on Precision Boost 2 and how well it works?