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AMD Phenom II Overclocked To 6.5GHz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the freeze-your-bits-off dept.

An anonymous reader writes "During CES a group of overclockers with access to liquid nitrogen and liquid helium for the extra boost of coldness cooled an AMD Phenom II X4 chip to -232 degrees Celsius. Once they got the chip cooled to this frigid temperature, they pushed the clock speed all the way up to 6.5GHz, which is a world record for a quad-core CPU, and then dished out an astonishing 45,474 3DMark05 score!"

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  1. The things you have to go through.. by DigitAl56K · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. to get a decent score in 3DMark ..

    1. Re:The things you have to go through.. by shootlessjoe · · Score: 4, Funny

      And the question is, Why are they still using the 3DMark 05? Technology has advanced people!!

    2. Re:The things you have to go through.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now Vista can run decently.... That's a shame, they want to replace it with Win7...

    3. Re:The things you have to go through.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's good to know that I can spend a few thousand on cooling supplies now and get a machine that can run Crysis.

      I was worried I'd have to wait a year or two for those kinds of numbers to reach the few hundred dollar range.

    4. Re:The things you have to go through.. by slimjim8094 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah. The sequel is called Cryo.

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  2. Crunchy by x1050us · · Score: 5, Funny

    Numbers must be really crunchy at that temperature

  3. Re:Zomg by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, only 6.5GHz too.
    Call me when it goes up to 11

  4. first post! by CaptainNerdCave · · Score: 2, Funny

    whoo! and i _still_ get the first post with my q6600!

    1. Re:first post! by ByOhTek · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm fairly sure 'epic fail' doesn't even begin to describe your post

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    2. Re:first post! by TheLink · · Score: 2, Funny

      It would if he had said he was using an Itanic CPU.

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  5. But... by LWATCDR · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you run FSX and Cryis at 60FPS?

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  6. New York weather... by VinylRecords · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure if it's quite -232 Celsius in my apartment but it's pretty close. They probably could have achieved 6.0GHz overclocking using an air-cooled system in my living room alone.

    1. Re:New York weather... by hattig · · Score: 3, Funny

      You can't be married. Any woman would have turned on the central heating to max by now, and filled every room with electric heaters on top.

      And they'd still complain about it being cold, even as you sat there sweating like a pig, wearing a wife-beater, with your feet in cold water, and a cold can of wife-beater in your hand.

  7. Re:Zomg by Yvan256 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't we already have CPUs running at 3GHz?

  8. Re:And I'm Guessing by dkh2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your Windows EULA prohibits operation in such an environment.

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  9. Reliability? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How reliable is that thing?

    1. Re:Reliability? by Huntr · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ah, it runs hot and cold. Mostly cold.

  10. FIRST POST by A.+B3ttik · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...with my lightning-fast 486!!!

    1. Re:FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      > ...with my lightning-fast 486!!!

      Did you forget to press the "TURBO" button? :-)

  11. Re:Zomg by hierophanta · · Score: 5, Funny

    yes, yes we do.

    i cant tell but is there an incredibly large whoosh goin over my head? (or just your head?). 6.5Ghz is faster than 3. And in other news six is afraid of 7, because 7, 8, 9

  12. Re:I was there by Hordeking · · Score: 5, Funny

    -242C is a temperature that doesn't exist, unless your religion allows temperatures below absolute zero. All we need now is a campaign for Intelligent Cold. ;)

    In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!

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  13. Re:I was there by Piranhaa · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can vouch for that one. Just come take a trip up to Canada!

  14. Re:I was there by dex22 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, and this was the mistake I made. 237, 273... Ah the price I pay to make a joke about "Intelligent Cold"! :)

    Shoulda got me some "Intelligent Dumb!"

  15. Re:Zomg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, only 6.5GHz too. Call me when it goes up to 11

    Of course, only AMD's "Black Editions" permit overclocking in this way. As this is an uber-overclocked CPU, I guess you could ask "how much more black could this CPU be"?

    And the answer is none. None more black.

  16. Obligatory by smcdow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a Beowul... oh, never mind.

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  17. I heard by mandark1967 · · Score: 2, Funny

    that it still only scored 4.7 on the Vista Performance Index...

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  18. Re:Zomg by Cornflake917 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And in other news six is afraid of 7, because 7, 8, 9

    Oh, that makes sense! I always thought 6 was just a big pussy.

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  19. Re:from TFA by ahoehn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like Ozymandias, nothing beside remains...

    "My name is G1G4BY73_PU5H3R, Overclocker of Overclockers:
    Look on my 1337 benchmarks, ye n00bs, and despair!"

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  20. Toxic coolants by Bazer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm skeptical. Extreme overclocking requires copious amounts of dangerous coolants which are known to cause severe brain damage to the system's user. Side effects include: empty fridge, finding strangers sleeping in your tub and massive hangovers.

  21. Re:Zomg by MrEd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yea, the poster must have gotten confused - they actually overclocked it to 6500+

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  22. Re:from TFA by MadMidnightBomber · · Score: 2, Funny

    Two vast and shapeless puffs of smoke
    Fill the basement. Near them on the floor,
    Half black, a shatter'd hard disk lies,...

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