PCPER.com: 5 GHZ+ Phenom II Overclock on Dry Ice, 6Ghz on LN2

[PetNorth]

I was already assuming that, 1.45v is still a decent amount on aircooling for 45nm process. I was thinking along the lines ~1.365v Intel <-> ~1.45v AMD whereabouts I concider safe 24/7 usage. Now if AMD's Phenom II is more resistant I don't know of course but I said I was only assuming anyways. So yea some ~1.45v overclocks would be interesting.

Thats a bummer. So far about 75% of i920's are hitting 4ghz with 1.4v + some only needed 1.25-1.35v. Mine does 3.8GHZ with 1.27v

You have to keep in mind vcore default value. For reference, vcore default for Shanghai is 1.35v http://products.amd.com/en-us/Optero...il.aspx?id=494

And this is amazing, because we could think 1.35v is high for a 45nm, but it seems it isn't applicable to AMD 0.45 process, because at the same time, it has a low power consumption. So, for example, 1.50v on air (11% more than default) doesn't seem specially high for these processors. On the contrary, it is even modest :P

I don't know what in hell AMD has done with 0.45, but indeed it seems to be a fantastic work