Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Tech Link (Processor): DFI Infinity i975x + Conroe Overclock

Note: I am supposed to post it last night, but Blogger had a problem and it's only now that I have time to post again. Anyway, you can see my reply in the thread (death metal) and made it yesterday. Sorry for the late posting.

The famous overclocker coolaler managed to snag another early motherboard based on i975 Express Chipset. The motherboard offers a solid punch when it comes to performance and overclocking settings. My only pet peeve is its really bland green look. But as is usual with DFI board, it comes with on-board easy reset and power on buttons. Really nifty, specially if you are like me that don't put their bench rig inside a chassis.


coolaler managed to overclock his Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6700 to 3.7GHz from its nominal value of 2.66GHz with a scary 1.61vCore and shocking 2.65vDimm. Those are really extreme voltage for these babies, and he is just running it on stock. The really neat thing is that, at this voltage, the CPU is cooler than the Northbridge!

Head on over at XS to catch the latest craze.

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