Intel's Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 overclocked to 5.5GHz

Right, so Intel's 3.73GHz Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 is fast enough for the vast majority of PC users across the globe, but not for Japanese overclocking enthusiast duck. Oh no -- duck decided to pair the chip up with ASUS' ROG Rampage II Extreme motherboard, which facilitates hardware-based OC'ing, in order to reach a top speed of 5510.09MHz. The point of the exercise? Just to say he could, not to mention set the bar for OC Team Italy to try and demolish.

[LloydChiro @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:03AM]

Is that good?

[chuuchdizzle @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:05AM]

the gods themselves weep with joy.

[anus1220 @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:06AM]

very. that's over 2ghz above the stock clock speed.

[rock99rock @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:48AM]

I think i just drooled a little bit.

[schmitty338 @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:25AM]

@Anus.....you failed grade 2 math, didn't you?

[rock99rock @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:42AM]

@schmitty338

No, engadget did :) Stock speed is 3.2Ghz for 965

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/16/intel-core-i7-cpus-reappear-on-newegg/

[Andrei Vassiliev @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:50AM]

Yeah, I'd trust the article and the CPU-Z picture which says 3.2Ghz as stock speed instead of engadget. Anus is completely right, its about a 2.3Ghz overclock.

[loujob @ Dec 4th 2008 2:32AM]

I think I just came a little bit

[Kurian @ Dec 4th 2008 4:36AM]

Extreme Editions are scams. My Q9450 at 3.6 demolishes the 965 at stock.

[Simon @ Dec 4th 2008 6:07AM]

Why does Engadget of all sites question the act of overclocking to the limit? Unless is was a rhetorical question?

Anyway! I love overclocking and I love absolutely crazy overclocks!!! Good work sir! we salute you!

[Hung @ Dec 5th 2008 5:16AM]

@ loujob

A little bit? Dude, one word...



Buckets.

[puresilver @ Dec 30th 2008 7:53AM]

@Kurian
"Extreme Editions are scams. My Q9450 at 3.6 demolishes the 965 at stock."

No, you're an ass. Saying that your CPU at an OC'd speed 'demolishes' another left stock is like saying your Ford is going faster at 90mph than a Ferrari is when it's doing 70. If you have the metaphorical Ferrari - a 965 - you can do a metaphorical 200mph when you OC it. For sure, yours was cheaper, but it ain't 'quicker' and it ain't demolishing...

[kal326 @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:05AM]

I guess the Extreme 965 isn't so badly priced when you consider they are also using 3x280GTX boards. Still an interesting feat, too bad they didn't list voltage or cooling method used to reach those speeds. However I'm sure they are using some pretty high end methods as the same person got a P4 631 to 8180.4MHz.

[eatbuckshot @ Dec 5th 2008 10:03PM]

in Japan, you can walk into the store and buy dry ice

[Dan @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:18AM]

I have my i7 920 2.66 overclocked to 4.2 GHz and I have no idea what im doing. I have a asus p6t deluxed motherboard and a coolermaster v8 heatsink. This was my first computer i have built. All i did was change the base clock speed and left everything else on auto. The i7 920 is good enough. No need to spend all that money on the 965 thats just rediculous.

[GenBanks @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:36AM]

Haha that's awesome. Have you run any stress tests to see whether it's 100% stable? Because if you have, and it's stable, that's even more impressive.

[worldbfree4me @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:58AM]

Don't be a hater Dan!!! Just you cannot afford it ths Top Shelf chipset/cpu combo, you have no right to say its not worth it for me or my brethren to be thrilled enough to go out and ultimately purchase this rig or a rig like it. "I bought the ZO6 Corvette because I wanted it, not because its only a blink of an eye faster to 60 than your standard garden variety Corvette."

[Oli D @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:21PM]

The first PC you built has an I7...

The first PC i built had a pentium 2 and 128mb RAM....

[Invisiblemoose @ Dec 3rd 2008 3:49PM]

Run Prime95 v25.6 for a few hours. Remember to check "round off checking" under advanced....

[Mack Attack @ Dec 4th 2008 9:25PM]

First Build Pentium... HA!

My first build

486DX2 at a whopping 66Mhz Clock Speed...
I could play trade wars on a BBS at a blazing 14.4Kbps.

[toast @ Dec 15th 2008 12:54AM]

"First Build Pentium... HA!

My first build

486DX2 at a whopping 66Mhz Clock Speed...
I could play trade wars on a BBS at a blazing 14.4Kbps."

Mine was a 486 as well! man i thought i was cool with my 500mb hard drive and 16mb ATI, soundblaster and 32 megs of ram. I could run windows 95 and make mspaint my bitch. xD

[AlekZander @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:18AM]

O_o. Just O_o.

[Luke D @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:43AM]

I'm all O_O.

[ZaxCG2 @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:57AM]

At first I was like -_-.
And the I was like ^_^.

[Matthew C @ Dec 3rd 2008 6:27PM]

Is there anyway to make and O_O with drool? coz that would be me.

[Sea Urchin @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:20AM]

I have a CPU question.

HP sells in its laptops Intel chips that start with T (such as T5800) and P (such as P7350)

My question is what is the difference between T and P?




Also when will these I7's hit the mainstream laptop market?

[kal326 @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:24AM]

T5800
http://processorfinder.intel.com/List.aspx?ParentRadio=All&ProcFam=0&SearchKey=T5800
P7350
http://processorfinder.intel.com/List.aspx?ParentRadio=All&ProcFam=0&SearchKey=P7350

Same clock speed, but the P7350 is a newer 45nm and has a higher FSB.

Any other models to check out just put in the model number in the box at the bottom.
http://processorfinder.intel.com/Default.aspx

[axerlzx @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:40AM]

Ts have higher TDP (Thermal Design Power) than Ps.
For example, T9500's TDP is 35w P9600's TDP is 25w
Never heard about i7's laptop market, I think next generation will be Qxxxx

[Josh @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:00PM]

I think I remember reading somewhere that the laptop version of the i7 wouldn't be out until 2nd half 2009

[Dan @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:23AM]

one of them uses less power or something.

[Chirag @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:24AM]

These guy will do anything to prove just that they can...

... And that's not necessarily bad. At least we know that's a good piece of hardware we're speding hundreds of dollars on.

But seriously.. which cooling did they use??

[Sam Zebian @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:48AM]

I wonder how he was able to keep this rig cooled enough to OC it THAT much. Must have been some sort of water cooling setup, or maybe liquid nitrogen. I want to find out how he did his (not that I can afford this nor have the skills to OC a cpu THAT much)

[Oli D @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:23PM]

yeah i bet the rig looks hideous, some sort of Frankenstein case with pipes and whatnot flying all over the whonow...

[TREX6662k5 @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:59AM]

Does it calculate prime numbers with ease and stability?

[LondonConsultant @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:25AM]

At 5.5GHz, prime numbers calculate you.

[Sneak @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:01AM]

His *middle* name is "Duck".

[ProfessorKaos @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:07AM]

Holy hell, they could travel to the moon with that speed

[LxgShaka @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:32AM]

Mars even

[Tron @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:23AM]

Need for speed

[Andrei Vassiliev @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:46AM]

Yeah, I'd trust the article and the CPU-Z picture which says 3.2Ghz as stock speed instead of engadget. Anus is completely right, its about a 2.3Ghz overclock.

[Andrei Vassiliev @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:47AM]

Aaand ignore that.. it was supposed to be a reply to the first comment, in that sequence. I can't really blame engadget's system as I really did forget to hit reply the second time around (I re-wrote my comment). damn.

[drunkpanda @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:50AM]

he's using liquid nitrogen. You throw the fan and heat sink off make a coustom built copper tube about a 10inchs big and attach it to the processor, and liquid nitrogen can actually freeze your processor and other components but if used correctly doesn't. And lastly it's not the most cheapest method of cooling as you have to constantly have to add more of it

[Rollins @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:57AM]

Damn.

I have to wonder what it would actually be like to use a computer with the i7 965 at 5.5GHz. I suppose you'd run into other bottlenecks before you hit the CPU's performance ceiling. Still, I'd love to see some benchmarks of something like this.

[Jay @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:41AM]

A quad over 5ghz usually results in the computer becoming self aware.

[Luke D @ Dec 3rd 2008 4:03PM]

Looks like John Connor failed.

[dhomes @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:14AM]

maaaan, i can't believe i haven't read a 'yes, but can it run crysis?' comment yet

*rejoice*

[ZaxCG2 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:17AM]

A tear is running down my face right now...
It is a happy day for Engadget. Happy day indeed.

[jon @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:08PM]

can it run crysis?

[ZaxCG2 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:14AM]

Can't wait till these babies are more affordable... my quest to build a computer with twice the power of my current on is nigh!

[Oli D @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:26PM]

why not just build a crummy rig, say its your computer then double the power for a pittance?