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Sony VAIO P overclocked to 2.4GHz

Chris Davies, Oct 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

A page of CrystalMark benchmark results may not be the most interesting image to lead with, but when you're showing the overclock results of pushing Sony's VAIO P not-a-netbook from its stock 1.86GHz up to 2.3GHz, then we'll take notice. EeeUser Forum member Cerano was responsible for the modifications, and in fact got his VAIO P cranked up to 2.4GHz (though he didn't benchmark it at that speed). Read The Full Story

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition launches

Ewdison Then, Aug 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

AMD have officially announced their latest high-end performance CPU, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. Running at 3.4GHz, the quad-core AM3 processor has 8MB cache and a 2.0GHz HT Link; in keeping with AMD's "Black Label" chips it's also unlocked for overclocking. In fact, the company provides their own OverDrive software, which can load either Black Edition memory profiles, for DDR3-tuned overclock presets, or more straightforward Smart Profiles which direct app-specific processes to specific cores. Read The Full Story

Thermaltake PW880i liquid-cooling system

Ewdison Then, Jul 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

A new liquid-cooling setup from Thermaltake has been announced, the PW880i, offering more flexibility than the company's all-in-one systems. Consisting of a copper water block, a tank, a P500 pump and a 24cm Motorsports Radiator, the PW88oi is intended for mainstream processor sockets such as the AMD AM2 or Intel's P4 478. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

ASUS ROG Crosshair III Formula motherboard for Phenom II CPUs

Ewdison Then, Jul 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

ASUS' latest motherboard for AMD Phenom II processors has been announced. The ASUS ROG (Republic of Gamers) Crosshair III Formula uses the AMD AM3 socket platform, together with CPU Level Up real-time overclocking and bundling a SupremeFX X-Fi sound card. Read The Full Story

Compal KAX15 MID with overclocking Atom Z515 CPU [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

MIDs a failure? No no no, how could that be when this little beauty is headed to the market? Known here as the Compal KAX15 MID, but likely to find itself a variety of alternative brands including Gigabyte and Aigo, it's based on Intel's existing Menlow platform and packs an 800MHz Atom Z515 processor, a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Video hands-on after the cut Read The Full Story

Graphene may be used for 1,000GHz chips

Brenda Stokes, Mar 26th 2009 Discuss [0]

Graphene might be the next material of choice for making processor chips, according to an MIT report. In fact, Graphene, a substance discovered in 2004 that consists of pure carbon, could allow for faster speeds than ever thought possible. The current research shows that a frequency multiplier could be created, which works to double a signal and likewise doubles a processor's clocking speed. Color me impressed! This idea is not new, but it is certainly new when applied to Graphene, which possesses only an atom's thickness. So, what's so exciting about this? Well, Graphene chips could make for processors that run between 500GHz and 1,000GHz. That's quite a leap from the current 5GHz chips, wouldn't you say? We should see a commercial version of this technology within two years, according to MIT. [via PC Pro]

AMD Phenom II X4 995 in wild: easy 4GHz overclock

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2009 Discuss [0]

Screenshots confirming the existence of an unannounced AMD Phenom II processor have turned up on the XtremeSystems Forums. The images confirm the AMD Phenom II X4 995, overclocked from 3.2GHz to 4GHz and used in a system running the Windows 7 beta. Read The Full Story

Team Finland score 45,474 3DMarks with Phenom II X4 overclock

Chris Davies, Feb 25th 2009 Discuss [1]

Team Finland have scored a world record 45,474 3DMarks with their liquid-nitrogen cooled Dragon PC, based on a heavily overclocked AMD Phenom II X4 processor. The system also uses ATI Radeon HD 4800-series graphics, in the shape of two 4870 X2 GPUs. Video demo of the Team Finland super computer after the cut Read The Full Story

5.5GHz from overclocked Intel Core i7 965 Extreme

Chris Davies, Dec 3rd 2008 Discuss [1]

Japanese overclocker "duck" has cranked an Intel Core i7 965 Extreme processor up to 5510.09 MHz, more than 2GHz faster than the chip's stock 3.2GHz speed. The process paired the chip with an ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme motherboard, which allows for hardware-based changes to their systems’ core frequency, voltage and other parameters in real-time. Read The Full Story

Atom CPU overclocked to 2.385GHz with liquid nitrogen

Chris Davies, Nov 25th 2008 Discuss [2]

Netbook mods to date have been impressive enough. Touchscreens, integrated GPS and Bluetooth, even full slate Tablet PC setups, we've seen them all. Team Australia have gone a little further with their MSI Wind, though: taking advantage of the official MSI bios overclocking tool and a plentiful supply of liquid nitrogen, they've overclocked the Wind's 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor to 2.385GHz. Read The Full Story

AMD Phenom II Shanghai to reach 4GHz with fan-based cooling

Brenda Stokes, Nov 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

AMD is working hard to make their clock speed relevant again with their latest Shanghai architecture for their Phenom II processors. In fact, these quad-core desktop processor chips bring official clock speeds up to 3GHz and make it so 4GHz is possible overclocking while just using fan cooling alone. Extreme cooling methods improve performance even more. Dry ice as a cooling method provides for about 5GHz and liquid nitrogen provided 6.3GHz. These are some seriously impressive improvements, if you ask me. Apparently, they were made possible by decreasing the size from 65nm to 45nm, which reduced heat and power usage. You can expect the Phenom II to be released early next year. It should be interesting, because this will definitely relight the flame beneath the AMD/Intel competition. AMD has the whole budget thing on it's side, too.

MSI Wind BIOS update offers easy overclocking

Brenda Stokes, Oct 24th 2008 Discuss [0]

If you're the type that's a bit shy when it comes to getting more out of your computer than what the manual says it can do, you're in luck. It looks like MSI is working hard to bring more people over to the dark side where overclocking is made super easy. MSI released their latest update for the MSI Wind today, v1.09 BIOS. This update brings overclocking down from it's spot on high and let's people like you and me use it quickly and easily. All by just pressing a button or two. Really. Read The Full Story