Well, I am satisfied for the time being...Originally posted by: human2k
That is an insance overclock. But not as insane as those 3dmark guys with 4.1-4.2ghz.
I have looked into the few people running 4 GHz+, and found that some are cooling with liquid nitrogen long enough to run some benchmarks, and others are modding their phase-change cooling systems with refrigerants other than the stock gas to obtain colder temps. I have seen one person that has the skills necessary to fully mod his mobos with extra capacitors, voltage mods, etc... Others have just obtained a sweet processor... Most have to run a high VCore, which is not acceptable to me even though I am using phase-change cooling since it is the high voltage, not temps that will kill the processor. I am not ready to go to these extremes to eek out another 200 MHz. Mine is a stable "daily runner" so far at moderate VCore, and I like it that way. I can hit 3950 MHz stable with high VCore, but it is not worth the risk of smoking a $500.00+ processor.
On another note, a friend of mine offered to go out and purchase a retail box 3.06 and trade it for mine. (he is serious) What would you do?? Do the trade and hope that it is a 4GHz wonder chip, or keep what you already have?
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