Intel Core i7 980X Overclocked to 6Ghz
 

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.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...73&postcount=1

LOL.

Gulftown has reached 6GHz Vantage stable already?

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

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).

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

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...

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

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 :)