Intel Ivy Bridge Processor Hits 7GHz Overclock Record 144
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."
Re:Only 1 core, 2 threads, clocked at 7.03 GHz (Score:5, Funny)
This is essentially the only way to run this experiment, if you run all the cores at this speed, fusion is initiated, a black hole forms and time runs backwards!
7 GHz boot (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One core, two threads? (Score:5, Funny)
So... what's the advantage to having one core running at 7GHz versus four at standard clock speeds, assuming that whatever you're running takes full advantage of all the threads?
Probably this tiny little inner satisfaction of having one's feeling of insufficient manliness adequately compensated by non-anatomical means.
Re:Only 1 core, 2 threads, clocked at 7.03 GHz (Score:5, Funny)
Woah! So if time runs backwards, but you still measure it as going forward, does the cpu end up running at infinite hertz?
You made my brain hertz.
Re:One core, two threads? (Score:0, Funny)
Or maybe high-frequency trading
Re:One core, two threads? (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, keep telling yourself you can't get hot women because you are too confident and have a huge cock.