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Intel Core i7 980X Overclocked to 6Ghz

@ 2009/12/20

Using an Asus X58 Rampage Extreme II motherboard, this overclockers managed to push a new sample of Core i7 980X, which is clocked standard at 3.07ghz, over 6ghz, using LN2, of course.

A few benchmarks and more details can be seen at Xtremesystems.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/12/21

who needs them anyway, seriously?

there's hardly a market for quad cores, few apps require more than a single core, most take benefit from dual cores, negligible group can use more than two cores.

unless your main purpose is rendering or encoding; a 6-core CPU for a desktop PC is wasted

if your intention is to run VM machines, then this single socket product is definitely a welcome addition

Comment from geoffrey @ 2009/12/21

No other 6-core cpu's announced for this platform yet.

Comment from Kougar @ 2009/12/20

5893MHz with HT, not bad.

Better question is will there be cheaper models than the Extreme version, or if that will take one more year...

Comment from Massman @ 2009/12/20

http://ripping.org/benchmarks.php?ac...aphic=3DMark06

Comment from leeghoofd @ 2009/12/20

will you buy one torsten for the team ? we already have the mobo and rams

Comment from thorgal @ 2009/12/20

This is NOT a 980X. This is an early ES sample and has nothing to do with the final product (which will run at 3.33 ghz).

Comment from jmke @ 2009/12/20

5893Mhz http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...6&postcount=23

Comment from Massman @ 2009/12/20

LOL.

Gulftown has reached 6GHz Vantage stable already?

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