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Quad Core Overclocked to 5.1GHz!
Techtree News Staff, Aug 01, 2008 1730 hrs ISTHardcore overclockers have managed to overclock a Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4GHz processor to an outrageous 5.1 GHz by using liquid nitrogen to cool down the Intel processor.
Looks like overclocking is the mood of the season. If we had the AOCC in Hong Kong recently, half the world away in France, a group of 13 hard core overclockers have managed to overclock a Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 2.4GHz processor to an outrageous 5.1 GHz! They were a part of the hardware review site Tom's Hardware.
These maniacs used liquid nitrogen to cool down the Intel processor. In liquid form, nitrogen boils at -196 Celsius. The canister used to cool the processor was set on top of the CPU, instead of a standard cooling system. A DFI DK-P35 motherboard was used and was covered with foam to prevent it from being damaged due to condensation. The configuration had 1GB DIMM of DDR2 memory and a Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics card. The team disabled two of the four cores of the processor and managed to stabilize its temperature at around -125 Celsius by pouring liquid nitrogen.
The French were claiming a world record which it definitely is not - thanks to the efforts of another bunch of Italian nerds who managed to overclock a Pentium 4 631 to an insane 8.18GHz back in 2007. Ouch! What's the matter with these guys?!
These maniacs used liquid nitrogen to cool down the Intel processor. In liquid form, nitrogen boils at -196 Celsius. The canister used to cool the processor was set on top of the CPU, instead of a standard cooling system. A DFI DK-P35 motherboard was used and was covered with foam to prevent it from being damaged due to condensation. The configuration had 1GB DIMM of DDR2 memory and a Geforce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics card. The team disabled two of the four cores of the processor and managed to stabilize its temperature at around -125 Celsius by pouring liquid nitrogen.
The French were claiming a world record which it definitely is not - thanks to the efforts of another bunch of Italian nerds who managed to overclock a Pentium 4 631 to an insane 8.18GHz back in 2007. Ouch! What's the matter with these guys?!
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