Not only that, but the chip achieved an astounding 5.7Ghz under a -100*C cascade.  This achievement was done at the home of Xtreme Systems owner Charles Wirth (FUGGER).   Granted these cpus were handpicked and delivered by none other than Intel’s very own engineer Francois Piednoel.  They were chosen for their superior overclocking quality.  This is absolutely insane considering most retail chips top out well under 5Ghz.  Intel arranged this meeting to gain insight on how to release a new stepping for Core i7 cpu’s so they overclock better under low temp/high voltage conditions (i.e. Phase Change, Dry Ice or LN2).  Lets hope this meeting is a success…  5.7Ghz+ Core i7’s FTW!

System Specs:
Core i7 965 Extreme @ 5.013Ghz ( 1.47 vCore)
Intel DX58SO Smackover Bios 403
Thermaltake 120 w/ two fans
4 cores / threads enabled (70*C on all cores)

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AMD recently invited some key members of the press down to their Austin, Texas headquarters to take a look at Phenom II. This processor has been known under the code name ‘Deneb’ for many months now, but Phenom II is what the processor will be launched as.  The processor overclocked to some very impressive numbers.  NDA still blocks revealing full details, but some sites let slip that the PII reached 6.2Ghz on LN2 at a temperature of -185°C!  This is great news for us Extreme Overclockers, and hopefully we will see performance wars again between the red and blue camps!!

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