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

[dinos22]

I'd still like to think that based on these preliminary results that 4ghz+ should be easily obtainable for anyone with a good mobo and decent cooling... Looking forward to January!

if you read the posts on many threads here you will find that most CPUs will do 3.6GHz rather than 4GHz

[Calmatory]

if you read the posts on many threads here you will find that most CPUs will do 3.6GHz rather than 4GHz

Now if you read this thread closely enough, that was supposed to be the sweet spot possibly with stock cooling.

[dinos22]

Now if you read this thread closely enough, that was supposed to be the sweet spot possibly with stock cooling.

saaya says 3.6GHz is average
he works for foxconn and can mess around in labs all he wants
linus is testing a chip atm >> 3.6GHz too

i doubt very much that they will run 4GHz THAT easy or if they do it will be cream i'm sure

[informal]

saaya says 3.6GHz is average
he works for foxconn and can mess around in labs all he wants
linus is testing a chip atm >> 3.6GHz too

i doubt very much that they will run 4GHz THAT easy or if they do it will be cream i'm sure

You should reread Linus' last post:

Yeah, there are limits to what can be said right now as all of you are well-enough aware.

All I'll say is that the evidence for what I'm saying will be clear enough in due time.

I will qualify my "easy" statement though - It took me about 1/2 an hour to find a quad prime stable (8 hrs) setting of over 3.6GHz on air. Also there was no mussing about with HTT settings, so that should give you a clear idea of what chip this is

" It took me about 1/2 an hour to find a quad prime stable (8 hrs) setting of over 3.6GHz on air." is self-explanatory !

[Hornet331]

You should reread Linus' last post:

" It took me about 1/2 an hour to find a quad prime stable (8 hrs) setting of over 3.6GHz on air." is self-explanatory !

3610Mhz is also over 3,6ghz.

as long as he dont specifies what "over 3,6Ghz" means, it could be just a few or serveral hundred Mhz more .

[Chad Boga]

3610Mhz is also over 3,6ghz.

as long as he dont specifies what "over 3,6Ghz" means, it could be just a few or serveral hundred Mhz more .

Turns out you were on the money.

[informal]

Turns out you were on the money.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...11#post3451811

We are not allowed to give specifics on speeds at this time, but as a generalization one can expect the following stable performance without too much tweaking effort:

* Air: Around 4GHz is a safe area to target with decent aftermarket cooling & mild voltage increase. When I say "around" that means above and below, so don't gripe at me if your CPU won't hit 4GHz, there is no guarantee with overclocking. Also there aren't exactly huge amounts of CPUs out in the wild yet, so observations are somewhat limited.
* LN2: If you were thinking 5GHz, guess again (and guess higher)... It was like the Energizer Bunny commercials... they just keep going, and going, and going. To say in excess of 5GHz is an understatement, but that's about as detailed as I'm allowed. There was another large leap too between what was "stable" and what you could get a CPU-Z screenshot of, so that shows even more promise in the long term as yields will undoubtedly improve.
* Water & Phase Change: Obviously somewhere between Air & LN2. This is really going to vary based on what you are using and your temps

While I can't give exact numbers in terms of GHz, I can give you some of the voltages and temps seen while running the Crysis demo. Keep in mind these temps are not anywhere near 100% CPU usage, but they aren't exactly idle either.

* Air: Cooler Master Hyper Z600 - Around 1.5-1.55V / 33C
* Water/Tec: CoolIT Freezone Elite - Around 1.6V / 38C
* Phase Change: VapoChill - 1.7V / Below 0C (software / MB wouldn't report negative numbers)
* LN2: 1.75V (at least during the Crysis demo... *grin*)

[dinos22]

3610Mhz is also over 3,6ghz.

as long as he dont specifies what "over 3,6Ghz" means, it could be just a few or serveral hundred Mhz more .

hahah you were right
it was a whopping 12MHz over 3.6GHz

http://www.linustechtips.com/overclo...clocking-video

[Jazzman]

hahah you were right
it was a whopping 12MHz over 3.6GHz

Yeah, 3.6Ghz on AIR. Probably at 33C - 40C. Looks like a real dog huh?

[GAR]

saaya says 3.6GHz is average
he works for foxconn and can mess around in labs all he wants
linus is testing a chip atm >> 3.6GHz too

i doubt very much that they will run 4GHz THAT easy or if they do it will be cream i'm sure

3.6ghz, maybe it will match kentsfield clock for clock???

[Macadamia]

if you read the posts on many threads here you will find that most CPUs will do 3.6GHz rather than 4GHz

Saaya most probably has a C1.

C1s overclock exactly close to what's said.