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AMD now using Liquid Helium for Overclocks
AMDZone Frontpage — A couple hours ago, one of the guys I know at AMD sent me a link to a video. This happens every once in a while and we appreciate it when someone such as this individual gives us a lead. In the past, AMD has used liquid nitrogen when doing presentations of Phenom II. Apparently someone thought that they could use something a little better. Below is part of the email that was sent to me. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by. ...

AMD Phenom II OC'd to 6.5GHz at -230c
TweakTown News RSS Feed — [image] We recommend! Click to Update Your Out of Date Drivers home [image]> news > amd phenom ii oc'd to 6.5ghz at -230c AMD Phenom II OC'd to 6.5GHz at -230c Published: January 27, 2009, 12:43 am Author: Sean Kalinich What do you do if your product line lags behind the competition? Well if you are AMD you get a bunch of crazed overclockers with access to some super cooling and have them push your latest CPU as far as they can. This group was able to cool a Phenom II down to just above absolute zero (-230 degrees) using a combination of Liquid Nitrogen and Liquid Helium. Once at a good temp they notched the Phenom II up to an amazing 6.5GHz. They ...

AMD Phenom II to 6.3GHz on liquid helium (video)
DV Hardware — Two weeks ago Team Finland pushed the AMD Phenom II X4 to 6.3GHz with liquid helium and last week AMD uploaded a seven minute long video of the feat on YouTube: In the the Nevada desert outside of Las Vegas during CES 2009, overclockers Sampsa & SF3D from Team Finland and Pete Hardman and Sami Makinen from AMD, use a combination of liquid nitrogen and liquid helium to reach CPU temperatures of -232 degrees Celsius in order to attain CPU clock speeds of 6.5GHz and smashing the world record for 3DMarks with 45,474 3DMarks in a test. AMD Phenom II to 6.3GHz on liquid helium (video) ...

Overclocked AMD Phenom II Hits 6.5GHz with Liquid Nitrogen/Helium Cooling
Maximum PC — In the past, the AMD Phenom II has been overclocked to an extremely impressive 5 GHz . And while this was extremely impressive, it would seem that AMD wouldn’t want to be outdone . AMD’s own Pete Hardman and Sami Makinen were able to overclock an AMD Phenom II to a blazing 6.5GHz, at an operating temperature of –230 degrees Celsius using liquid nitrogen and liquid helium as their cooling agents. Should you be interested in seeing the whole process play out, be sure and check out the video here (and, as is usual with videos of this nature, prepare your ears for some awful trance music). Image Credit: AMD ...

AMD Cranks Phenom II To Record 6.5GHz
CRN Custom Feed RSS — Advanced Micro Devices' new Phenom II processors don't quite go to 11 , but the blogosphere is buzzing about a demonstration at the recent Consumer Electronics Show where AMD overclockers spun the chips up to 6.5GHz and shattered the Futuremark 3DMark05 record. "There is no bottom for Phenom II that we've been able to find yet," said Simon Solotko, a senior manager in Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD's desktop division, explaining that overclockers using exotic cooling solutions haven't been able to locate the "cold bug" point on the Phenom II silicon -- a temperature so low that the processor stops working. "We had done a lot of work to improve signal processes [on the ...

(Video) Phenom II broke the 3DMark05 record at CES
TweakTown News RSS Feed — [image] We recommend! Click to Update Your Out of Date Drivers home [image]> news > (video) phenom ii broke the 3dmark05 record at ces (Video) Phenom II broke the 3DMark05 record at CES Published: February 3, 2009, 10:47 am Author: Steve Dougherty DFI has just brought to our attention a video posted by the AMD Channel on YouTube which shows a Phenom II being successfully overclocked to an incredible 6.5GHz (using liquid helium). The action took place at CES on January 10 with world reknowned Team Finland overclockers Sampsa & SF3D as well as AMD's own Pete Hardman and Sami Makinen on a mission to push out some massive 3DMark numbers. And ...

AMD Phenom II X3 720 and X4 810 Processors
iXBT Labs: Technology Reviews — Processors are usually overclocked for two reasons: sportive and practical. The overclocking sport suggests reaching an ultimate performance level, not available for production-line processors. For this purpose overclockers usually buy top processors, and then install expensive liquid cooling systems or even freezers to reach fantastic operating frequencies, which won't become nominal for the nearest couple of years in the very least. By the way, Phenom II is a very interesting product from this point of view, as it does not contain the so-called cold bug, that is, it can work even in low-temperature conditions, for example, cooled by liquid nitrogen or helium. In particular, a Finnish ...

(PR) AMD Introduces New Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Processor
techPowerUp! — AMD announced a platform refresh today for Dragon platform technology, including the new AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition processor. As AMD's fastest ever quad-core processor, it brings all the capabilities gamers, enthusiasts and do-it-yourselfers have come to expect from AMD, including world record ...