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E8600 4.7ghz - 6 hours prime stable

MustangSVT

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wow... on air... !

seems like many ppl are getting at least 4.5 ghz.

my 3ghz is too slow now -_-;
 

OCGuy

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Jul 12, 2000
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Damn, makes you think that if AMD was competitive, we could have had a 3.6ghz Wolfdale SKU :(
 

Idontcare

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Oct 10, 1999
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Originally posted by: JAG87
A million to one chip, million to one.

The odds could be better than that but even still it's not like he did it with stock HSF. That's a $105 heatsink not counting shipping or the fan.

Throw money at things and they tend to have this funny habit of having a chance at performing better than a person's rig which hasn't had the $$$ tossed at it.

Makes you wonder though, how many 5GHz-capable "golden sample" E8600's are sitting in Dell's and HP's out there running stock clockspeed for the entirety of their lives?
 
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Originally posted by: Idontcare
Originally posted by: JAG87
A million to one chip, million to one.

The odds could be better than that but even still it's not like he did it with stock HSF. That's a $105 heatsink not counting shipping or the fan.

Throw money at things and they tend to have this funny habit of having a chance at performing better than a person's rig which hasn't had the $$$ tossed at it.

Makes you wonder though, how many 5GHz-capable "golden sample" E8600's are sitting in Dell's and HP's out there running stock clockspeed for the entirety of their lives?

well, i'll make sure i buy those 10 yrs down the road when they are on sale off ebay :D