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Intel Ivy Bridge Processor Hits 7GHz Overclock Record

Posted by timothy on from the who-ordered-this-keg-of-nitrogen? dept.

MojoKid writes "Renowned Overclocker HiCookie used a Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H motherboard to achieve a fully validated 7.03GHz clock speed on an Intel Core i7 3770K Ivy Bridge processor. As it stands, that's the highest clockspeed for an Ivy Bridge CPU, and it required a steady dose of liquid nitrogen to get there. HiCookie also broke a record for the highest memory speed on an Ivy Bridge platform, pushing his G.Skill Trident X DDR3-2800 memory kit populated in four DIMM slots to 3,280MHz. Not for the faint of heart, the record breaking CPU overclock required that HiCookie pump 1.956V to the processor, according to his CPU-Z screenshot. The CPU multiplier was set at x63."

3 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. One core, two threads? by ZeroSumHappiness · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can someone explain why it's reporting one core, two threads?

    Is this:
    1. Set to one core to get a better heat profile?
    2. Only using one core for the test?
    3. Using all cores for the test but only reporting one core's results?

    Because if it's 1 or 2 I think I see some problems with this benchmark.

  2. Standard speed == 3.5 GHz by cpu6502 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Not too impressive. My 10-year-old Pentium 4 is almost as fast (3.2 GHz).

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  3. AMD hit their record with all cores enabled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    AMD hit their record with all cores enabled.... intel requires one core disabled or else you will brick the CPU regardless if it's LN2 cooling.

    Also, Gigabyte gave them this "special" motherboard.