i7 975 breaks 5ghz on air

[thirdshiftdj]

Xtreme Systems Forums member PcCI2iminal scored one with overclocking a Core i7 975 XE D0 stepping chip past the 5 GHz mark, 5015 MHz to be precise using only air cooling for the processor, with an ambient temperature of 20 °C as claimed by the overclocker. Its cooling was care of a Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120. Its partners in crime were Biostar TPower X58 motherboard, and Corsair Dominator DDR3-1866 memory. At that speed, the setup made it through a CPU-Z validation. PcCI2iminal was further able to put the chip through SuperPi 1M at a speed of 4750 MHz, where its crunch time was measured 8.672 seconds. For more pictures and screenshots, head over to Xtremesystems

 

[zmatt]

thats pretty frekain sweet. Just another testament to the i7's claim as king.

 

[Hefemeister]

Got to love the TRUE 120

 

[carnageX]

Wow...pretty impressive right there.

 

[thirdshiftdj]

5ghz Quad on air is nothing short of amazing. I didn't think I would see it come so soon.

 

[hikaricloud]

Nice. Too bad it's on the $1k+ CPU and not the $300 one, lol.

 

[thirdshiftdj]

Yea if only those boards could hand out a higher bclk. I'm sure the binning also has something to do w/ it.

 

[zmatt]

Core i5 will be 32nm right? Something tells me we will see more of this with the midrange chips.

 

[thirdshiftdj]

I just made a thread about i5 having lower QPI and a higher BCLK so I don't think thats going to happen( 16x 250BCLK)

http://www.techist.com/forums/f62/core-i5-will-have-lower-qpi-multiplier-206228/

 

[TheOtis]

Wow, this is incredible. Has an extreme edition ever reached anything close to that high? On air for that matter?