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AMD demonstrates Phenom II running at 6GHz
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... magazine. All types of other cooling were thrown at the CPU, but maybe most interesting of all was when LN2 was poured down the throat of the upcoming processor. Using LN2 and at an amazing -196 degrees Celsius (AMD Phenom II does not suffer from cold bugs wow!), the processor was able to hit 6GHz and run stable benchmark loops of Crysis. You can look at the following sites for coverage of the event: - Josh Collins via OCAU Forums - HotHardware - Legit Reviews - The Tech Report - PC Prospective Hot damn! It looks like 2009 is shaping ...
AMD 45nm Deneb overclocks to 6GHz on liquid nitrogen
DV Hardware —
... cooling is. Well today AMD had some actual demonstrations at their gathering, and the Phenom II was able to hit 5 GHz at 1.6v by using dry ice cooling. Dry ice is CO2, and it goes directly from solid to gas (sublimation) at a temperature of -109.3 F (-78.5C for the rest of the world) at 1 atmosphere. So with some pretty extreme cooling (non-LN) the Phenom II does show that it has some legs in the clockspeed department.
More details at PC Perspective and Legit Reviews.
AMD 45nm Deneb overclocks to 6GHz on liquid ...
Friday Morning Roundup
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... Mobo Roundup (Nov 08) @ Driver Heaven - MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX Motherboard @ PCStats Memory - Kingston HyperX 3GB DDR3 2GHz Triple-Channel Memory Kit @ Legit Reviews - 4GB DDR3 Memory Roundup - Part 2 @ bit-tech CPU - AMD Phenom II \"Deneb\" - First Contact @ Planet3DNow ( Translated ) - AMD's new Phenom X4 processors promise sky-high speeds. Should Intel be worried? @ Hexus - AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Breaks 6GHz on LN2 @ Legit Reviews - AMD overclocks 45nm Phenoms to 4GHz and beyond @ Tech Report - AMD ...
AMD's 45nm Phenom II Chips Overclocked To 6+GHz
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... and Legit Review's Nathan Kirsch Thursday, but held back on outright endorsing the numbers originally cited in those stories. Respecting AMD's wishes, we'll just point out that PC Perspective's story now says, "The Phenom II reached WELL over 5.x GHz (read: REALLY over)." And another source gives a more specific number -- 6.3GHz, though again, that could not be confirmed by AMD. AMD, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., reached such overclocking heights using liquid nitrogen to cool the processor that was taken to "WELL over 5.x GHz." PC Perspective reports that the ...
Phenom II X4 Overclocks to 6.00 GHz on LN2
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... At this point the exact frequency isn't known. Cameras weren't allowed at the event, and so not clear pictures were taken. Earlier the company had released slides to its channel contacts, telling that Phenom II would overclock very well, and 24x7 overclocks beyond 3.60 GHz on air didn't sound unreal. At the same event, AMD showcased Deneb chips doing 4.00 GHz on air (with vCore set at 1.6V).
Sources: NordicHardware, Legit Reviews
Hardware Roundup: Friday Edition
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... more reviews to keep you occupied so check out the rest of the links below.
Cases
Thermaltake V9 Case @ RBMods
NZXT Tempest Airflow King ATX Case @ Madshrimps
Cooling
Thermalright Ultra Extreme Copper CPU Cooler @ [H]ardOCP
UPDATED - Top 5 Best Heatsinks for Intel and AMD in November @ FrostyTech
Thermalright TRad2 VGA Coolers @ Virtual-Hideout
CPUs
AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Breaks 6GHz on LN2 @ Legit Reviews
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AMD Dragon Logo Made Public - The Replacement for Spider
Legit Reviews Hardware News —
... the Dragon platform is a combination of an AMD Phenom II X4 processor, Radeon 4800 Graphics cards and an AMD 7 series chipset based motherboard. This platform is an update of the Spider platform that AMD launched a year ago to the month. The AMD Phenom II X4 processor is built using AMD's new 45nm process technology and as a result has 30-50% better power consumption and higher clock frequencies. If you haven't heard about the clock frequency improvements yet be sure to check out this article we posted yesterday afternoon. ...
AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Breaks 6GHz on LN2 @ Legit Review :: Posted by THRASHER2
The Mother Board —
"AMD had a display set up for the media that showed overclocking performance that included air cooling, TEC/Water Cooling, Phase Change Cooling, and lastly liquid nitrogen cooling for the top end. The overclocking performance ranged from just under 4GHz to over 6GHz on the LN2 system..."
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Monday Sampler
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Starting off the week, our Daily Sampler brings you the latest reviews from around the tech world. Graphics Cards: -Sapphire HD 4850 X2 @ Hardware Secrets -XFX GeForce GTX 260/216 Black Edition @ motherboards Processors, Motherboards and Chipsets: -MSI K9A2 Platinum AMD 790FX @ PCStats -AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Breaks 6GHz on LN2 @ Legit Reviews -Socket 775 Mobo Roundup @ DriverHeaven -Gigabyte's GA-EP45-UD3R @ bit-tech -ASUS Rampage II Extreme X58 @ TweakTown Cases, Cooling, and PSUs: -OCZ EliteXStream 1000 W Power Supply @ ...
