Have intel quietly improved 3570k OC potential?

mikerb

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Oct 26, 2007
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OK, sample of 1 so hardly 'scientific', but:

I just set up a new system, pretty standard, i3570k, extreme4, 8gb kingstion hyperx blu 1600, ssd etc. I'm using an hr-02 passive waiting for some fans and seeing how it oc's with the door off; it's a define r4 case.

So.

To my surprise, and delight, I find that I get 4.4 GHz at 1.12V core voltage right off the bat, and it'sstable after 1 hour of prime95, max temp 70°C.

Given what I've read here I would have thought this was impossible.

Have intel improved their product, have I been lucky, or was I overly pessimistic?
 

ShintaiDK

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Apr 22, 2012
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Impossible? Far from.

I think you just read some pessimistic people. (Or SB owners, hah).