Intel Pentium 4 overclocked to 5GHz

Posted on Sunday, February 05 2006 @ 21:10 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Intel won't be delivering a 5GHz Pentium 4 but some crazy Japanese people over at Watch Impress did manage to clock a Pentium 4 631 from 3GHz to 5002MHz!

To achieve this they did use some extreme cooling, but it's not LN2. They used some sort of gas cooling, a huge heatsink and lots of big fans too.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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