drag2share: Core i7 gets pushed to new heights, overclocked to 5.6GHz (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/core-i7-gets-pushed-to-new-heights-overclocked-to-5-6ghz-video/

Sure, it's not quite the 8.58GHz achieved by a liquid nitrogen-cooled Bulldozer, but professional overclocker Hicookie did manage to set a new record for a Core i7 3930K by reaching 5.6GHz -- with the help of the aforementioned Dippin' Dots refrigerant, of course. Hicookie unlocked the insane overclocker achievement with the help of an X79 motherboard from Gigabyte, which also gets some recognition for being the first such board to reach a multiplier of 57. For a rather long and dull video of the super-speedy i7 getting pushed to the brink of destruction, head on after the break.

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