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.

















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
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?