Brazilian Overclocker Gooses Phenom X4 975 to 7.134GHz
Brazilian Overclocker Gooses Phenom X4 975 to 7.134GHz
Posted 11/29/2010 at 9:25am
| by Paul Lilly
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It takes a little bit of luck, the right components, and a whole lot of liquid nitrogen to set new CPU overclocking records, and all three played a factor in pushing an AMD Phenom II X4 975 processor to 7.134GHz.
There have been faster overclocks before, but this is the highest anyone has ever taken an AMD chip. And while it required LN2 cooling, keep in mind that the stock frequency is 3.6GHz. For those of you who still aren't impressed, consider that there's never been a higher overclock on anything other than old Celeron and Pentium 4 processors.
The overclock was performed on an Asus Crosshair IV Formula motherboard. With LN2 in place, the Brazilian team was able to crank up the voltage to 1.788V and the multiplier from 18 to 31.5.
Image Credit: hexus.net
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pastorbob
November 30, 2010 at 8:07am
Similar to setting a land speed record. Nobody is going to drive a jet propelled car for transportation. It's all about the challenge.
Deanjo
November 29, 2010 at 5:14pm
I never did get the point of these endevours. Call me when someone can sustain these speeds on air and actually do some work with it.
lunchbox73
November 29, 2010 at 11:39am
I suggest a sticker to be proudly displayed on such systems.
"BCIPC Approved" (but can it play crysis).
tornato7
November 29, 2010 at 4:08pm
You know, I just recently learned to make 3d stickers... I think I'll do that.
lunchbox73
November 30, 2010 at 11:58am
Ha, just kidding. Toss it up on photobucket or something and provide the link.
tornato7
November 30, 2010 at 6:28pm
the link should have been in that last post, maxpc substituted it for the from pictures thing. anyway here it is again: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bcAK4mzyX7UMJOc7iqKWZhdzZLxSJRDqn_BkZ3o8vLM?feat=directlink
machew100
November 29, 2010 at 10:44am
When posting any technological benchmark article, the question "but can it play crysis?" is as sure as death and taxes. At least until crysis 2 comes out.
nHeroGo
November 29, 2010 at 10:18am
For how long does a thermos of nitrogen last?
Did they play Crysis?
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