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Pentium 4 631 Overclocked to 8 GHz

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the smokin dept.

Andreas writes "There are always those who are willing to take things one step further than others. A group of guys known as OC Team Italy is one of them. They recently pushed an Intel Pentium 4 631 to over 8000MHz using an ASUS P5B with modified voltage regulation and liquid nitrogen. Overclocking is cool and all, but this extends beyond what some would perhaps call useful. Still a milestone though."

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  1. I just farted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just shit my pants, actually.

    1. Re:I just farted by heauxmeaux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ahhhh, the old follow-through. A classic, to be sure.

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    2. Re:I just farted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I reckon we get some Digg people here sometimes, and just moderate them as such.

  2. Too easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's see who can hold out the longest without making a Beowulf cluster joke.

  3. "Smoking kills" by omnirealm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The packet of cigarettes in this image:

    http://www.pctuner.info/test/results/2007012219014 4_setup.jpg

    Contains the phrase (in Italian), ``Il fumo uccide.'' Translated into English, that reads, ``Smoking kills.'' Can you imagine something that bold and straightforward being printed on a carton sold in the U.S.? I think this illustrates the level of influence that the tabacco industry has in American politics, in comparison to other countries.

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  4. Re:"Smoking kills" by shaitand · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't think there is anyone over the age of 5 in the United States who isn't aware of the negative health problems related to smoking. Perhaps there was an issue once long ago with people not being aware of the dangers (like the 50's?) but in modern times there is more false information and overblown statistics in the anti-smoking campaign.

  5. Re:8GHZ and still not as fast by quizzicus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    -1 Pedantic, but I think it's more of a misconception of what a Hz means (nothing useful on its own).

  6. Re:The problem with high clock is not just heat .. by suv4x4 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Obligatory Google Calculator link

    Yup.. I was wrong in the end, not him. Thus proving once more than moderators mod you up if you sound right, although you may be wrong. The original poster got modded down... Ain't that ironic :P

    Of course maybe it'll be regulated out in time as people hit the clarification posts.

  7. Re:Hurmph. by budgenator · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When I was in the Army I had some warts frozen off with LN2. It was in an ordinary thermos bottle and they stuck in one of those 6 inch cotton applicators, basically like a long handled Q-tip, then just pressed it against the wart for a few seconds. You got a flash of sering hot cold, then felt it boiling for a bit then nothing, but when it thawed out it hurt like hell!

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  8. PLEASE DON'T READ THIS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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