Core i7 975 XE Breaks 5 GHz Barrier, With Air Cooling

[Airbot]

Intel's newest high-end processor, the Core i7 975 Extreme Edition is gearing up for launch later this year, on course of which, it already passed a milestone. Xtreme Systems Forums member PcCI2iminal scored one with overclocking a Core i7 975 XE D0 stepping chip part the 5 GHz mark, 5015 MHz to be precise using only air cooling for the processor, with an ambient temperature of 20 °C as claimed by the overclocker.

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[TechOutsider]

The Room Temp was 20 C. It doesn't mention the processor temp though.

Probably could have pushed the overclock higher if they disabled HT and all but 1 core; it would have ran a lot cooler!

 

[Smashy]

The Room Temp was 20 C. It doesn't mention the processor temp though.

Probably could have pushed the overclock higher if they disabled HT and all but 1 core; it would have ran a lot cooler!

Cores : 4
Threads : 4

Looks disabled to me...also that's not my way of overclocking, hyperthreading was created for a reason and I doubt that turning it off will give you an overall gain in performance.

 

[kpo6969]

Intel Nehalem Absolutely Insane -> 975 ^^ - XtremeSystems Forums

 

[TechOutsider]

Cores : 4
Threads : 4

Looks disabled to me...also that's not my way of overclocking, hyperthreading was created for a reason and I doubt that turning it off will give you an overall gain in performance.

Scratch that part about HT. Now I see, Core Temp reports each core is around 30 to 34 C.

I mean if the overclocker disabled all but 1 core, it probably would push the overclock higher because the processor as a whole would run faster; instead of 4 cores operating each at ~30 C, you only have 1 core.