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It has happened…  Intel i5 670 has hit 7GHz, done by overclocker nickshih from Taiwan.

From XS Forums (click)

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Equipment used (shortlist):

Clarkdale I5 670 3.47g

EVGA E658

Kinston 2000 CL8 1gx2

ANTEC TPQ1200w OC

WD500G

F1ee

Thanks to TiTON for helping with the pot and FUGGER for help and stuff

Also thanks to MSI for some great products that I have had the pleasure to use and they are growing on me a lot

Hours on hours of DICE benching and learning my board… my uncore seems to top out at 4900… I got like 50lbs of Dry Ice for $10 USD and spent 6 hours then slept and did 4.5 hours so great use of $10 eh? :p: I mainly learned the board by trial and error – the chip is good for 4.6-4.7 on decent water…

First – Big thing – I had to use 1.51 CPU-Z instead of 1.52 as the newer version drops multis as I increase bclk – anything over 5 bclk… so to show actual speed I needed either cpu-tweaker or 1.51 CPU-Z

Setup -
W3540 3851A257
MSI X58 Platinum SLI
MSI N260GTX-OCv3
7900GS SLI (OEM)
Silverstone Zeus 1200W PSU
WD 80GB IDE HDDs
XP PRO SP2
K|ngp|n F1EE
Muskin Elpida Hyper … $70 pair :up: – stripped to OEM style
Lots of Scythe High CFM Fans

super pi - 7.891 seconds on i7 W3540

AM3 349,674- W3540 and stock cooled GTX 260 216

the rest of the story can be found at XS forums…

A great audio interview in a podcast that is very professionally done with great sound, conducted by Tech Report.  The interview with Charles Wirth starts at 30:00 and and gives some views into his overclocking, XS’s origins, and some of the competitions he has participated in.   He has some interesting event stories and insights on methodology of preparing for the events.

Other tech discussion topics can be found under the source info.

Please visit the Associated Sites:

SOURCE INFO:

Date: July 26, 2009 Time: 1:25:54 Hosted by Jordan Drake Co-Hosts: Scott Wasson, Geoff Gasior, Cyril Kowaliski Special guest: Charles “Fugger” Wirth Listen now: Download: MP3 (59.0MB) | M4A (70.6MB) Subscribe with RSS | Subscribe with iTunes

Sponsored by MSI’s Master Overclocking Arena 2009. Phase Two of the tournament in currently in progress. The top two overclockers will get to compete with international heavyweights at the finals in Beijing on August 29. Visit the official website or follow TR’s sponsored coverage for more.

Show notes
After a slew of mega-length episodes, we slim down a bit this week with a shorter, more tightly packed podcast presentation. To kick things off, fantasy football season is starting, and we finally have a presence in the Twitter-verse. We go on to discuss how we use the social media service as yet another tool to stay on top of the PC hardware industry.

Moving into the meat of the episode, we bring you not one, but two sneak previews of articles you can expect to see this week. Scott and Geoff share their thoughts on both Intel’s new SSDs and a pair of 11.6″ netbooks. Also on the agenda: can gamers invest in future titles? And what will happen to DVDs and Blu-Ray with the rise of portable flash media? Finally, don’t miss our interview with pro-overclocker and Xtreme Systems owner Charles “Fugger” Wirth.

Send in listener mail, and we’ll answer on the podcast. – jdrake@techreport.com

Tech discussion:

TR Fantasy Football ‘09 sign-ups have begun (0:02:08)- Read more

TR on Twitter (0:06:45)- Read more – The TR account – Scott’s account – Jordan’s account

Sneak preview—Intel’s new SSD’s (0:10:49)

Interview with overclocker Charles “Fugger” Wirth (0:30:00)- Read more

Chinese worker kills himself over missing iPhone (0:44:45)- Read more

Apple netbook/tablet rumors swirl around $800 mark (0:46:40)- Read more

Valve’s Newell: Gamers could be investors (0:54:10)- Read more

11.6″ netbook face-off: Acer Aspire One 751 vs. Gateway LT3103 (1:01:52)

Will flash cards replace optical storage? (1:15:47)- Read more