AMD scores 6GHz on Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition

[sonicspeed]

AMD Phenom X3(X4 by modding) 720 Black Edition set the world record by 6006.62 MHz using Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P motherboard. The final score was:

• Core Clock set to 6006.62MHz.
• Multiplier set to x26.
• Bus speed 231.02 Mhz.
• FSB 1155.1 Mhz.

Source: http://www.techtrance.net/2009/03/pc...black-edition/

[PCWORM]

Hmm!

[comp@ddict]

LN2 Cooling. Nice.

[JAK]

Woah....cool

[hellgate]

does it beat a i7 @ that speed??
if no the fcuk u AMD

[IronManForever]

Why? What kind of world record?

[topgear]

^^ True mate. It's not a world record.
Just do a google search using the word 6GHz

& if you need some reliable news :
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Sku...king,5208.html

[mikael_schiffer]

How does this 6 GHZ thingie perform? Hope it beats the 2.6 GHZ COre i7
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How does this 6 GHZ thingie perform? Hope it beats the 2.6 GHZ COre i7

[cyborg47]

AMD....6GHZ??.......yawn...

[comp@ddict]

How does this 6 GHZ thingie perform? Hope it beats the 2.6 GHZ COre i7

Obviously it does man!!!!!!!!!

[keith_j_snyder2]

Yeah it ain't a world record. The world record is 8GHZ on Intel P4(Cedarmill) but it's way too much Ocing capability for a processor which costs less than 8K & perfect for an affordable setup.
Heck even i bought my 3200+ for 9350/- 3 years ago & this is waaaaaaaaaaayyyyy better than my processor.

I m sure whoever overclocked it used Ln2 but it can be easily clocked at 3.8GHz with air cooling & as the news says it can be turned to a quad core processor.
Overall, with this price point & future proof capabilities, this is perfect competitor for Core2 Duo for the same price range.

It will be a misjudgment for this processor if it is compared with Core i7.

[4T7]

^You mean stupidity right?

[MetalheadGautham]

Right now, Phenom II X4 920 is the hottest product around. It has 4 cores without hacking, and overclocks to 4.3GHz on air cooling and its price has dropped to 138$

[comp@ddict]

Right now, Phenom II X4 920 is the hottest product around. It has 4 cores without hacking, and overclocks to 4.3GHz on air cooling and its price has dropped to 138$

Any confirmation? Source?

And what about the P2 940 B.E. then?

[topgear]

What ! 4.3 Ghz on air cooling. Where ? In syberia ? What's the ambient temp ? What's the idle & load temps ?Phenom 2 reaches hardly 3.5 Ghz stable max if I'm not wrong.
Yeah. I also want to know the source of 4.3Ghz on air cooling ?

[virilecliffhanger]

^^^ Exactly.... it ain't got that stability.... yawn

[x3060]

forget about 4.3 i don't think 3.5 on air is possible in our hot summers .

[comp@ddict]

Wait:-
1. P2 920 is indeed 138$, with in-mail rebate if ordered from newegg.
1. P2 920 can be OCed to 3.75GHz on stock cooling, verified.
Just google^

[amitash]

How does this 6 GHZ thingie perform? Hope it beats the 2.6 GHZ COre i7

It will in gaming and other single or dual threaded benchmarks, but there is no point, to beat an i7 you want to go LN2 cooling and 6Ghz? I will be impressed if it beats it at stock speed....In multithreaded benchmarks that support all 8 of nehalems threads, i think the core i7 may still edge ahead.

What ! 4.3 Ghz on air cooling. Where ? In syberia ? What's the ambient temp ? What's the idle & load temps ?Phenom 2 reaches hardly 3.5 Ghz stable max if I'm not wrong.
Yeah. I also want to know the source of 4.3Ghz on air cooling ?

If its not stable, its not an overclock....I had OC'd my i7 to 4.2Ghz on stock cooling but there was no point....Now on W/C i can get it max stable at 3.9Ghz

P2 920 can be OCed to 3.75GHz on stock cooling, verified.
Just google^

so? i7-920 can be ocd to 3.3-3.4 on stock cooling stably....beats amd, it will still take them time to come bak.

[hellknight]

I'm going for the Phenom II 720 BE processor with Jetway HA 07 Ultra mobo and Asus Silent Knight cooler.. i think that i should be able to reach 4 GHz easily with that cooler.. any suggestions guys..

[dOm1naTOr]

Surelly Core i7 too can be oced, but the price diff b/w a PII 720 and Core i7 are like and and elephant. i7 costs more than double.

[topgear]

I think all of you guys are forgetting a thing. Not all proc will oc same even if they are from same series. It's the batch number of proc that's very important while buying a proc for OCing - IMO.

When companies launch their procs at first their price stays much higher. Those procs OCs really well. Most of the benchmarks on the sites use the earlier released version of procs. But after that when they slash the price the lower priced procs just doesn't oces like their earlier counterparts.

And I've read in some magazine that only phenom 2 940 reaches 3.7GHz stable at air cooling.

[comp@ddict]

And I've read in some magazine that only phenom 2 940 reaches 3.7GHz stable at air cooling.

4.2GHz if you switch the HT to 1.

P2 920 goes to 3.7GHz on stock.

[topgear]

From my serach results I've found this :

AMD Phenom II 940 Max Stable OC is 4Ghz
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/r...40_920_15.html

AMD Phenom 2 920 Max Stable OC 3.7Ghz
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...g_4.html#sect0

[dOm1naTOr]

xbitlabs has done oc by raising the cpu clock to 266 from 200 wityh multiplier at default 14 while in other site, they kept everythin at default and just shooted multi to 22x.

i think with a better combination and finer tweaks they cud've achieved more.