Reports of the new Dual core, Hyperthreaded i5 670 CPU indicate they are very OC friendly. Reaching extreme speeds of 4.7GHz on air, and 7GHz with LN2, this could be the new OC king and gamer friendly CPU that we’ve all been waiting for! Looks like intel has another winner on their hands…
Core i5-670 breaks 7 GHz barrier
1st HWBOT Country Cup Awarded
Seven weeks have passed, seven stages have been finished, One winner is the result: Romania. Russia was capable of following the strong lead of Romania for a very long time, but had to let go in the last stages. Poland finished third after an impressive benching spree trying to overcome the non-participating first stages.
Winners
Since Romania won this competition, their three most contributing members can choose a prize. The two most contributing Russian overclockers can choose after that, and the best Polish overclocker wins the last of the 6 customized KingpinCooling LN2 containers. The winners are:
The full press release with event pictures can be found here.
New Core i7 Build & Vantage Run
Vinas Built up a new rig (the ‘Rooster’ build):
mATX water cooled ThermalTake LANBox
Intel i7 860 @ 4.1GHz, 1.40vcore Linx Stable
HIS AMD/ATi 5870 @ 966/1250
Intel SSD raid 0
Asus Maximus III GENE
Corsair Dominator 1600 CL7’s
Koolance 340WB & XSPC Bay res/pump
DangerDen GTS240 with 2x Delta 120×25mm
Sunbeam Rheobus Extreme – Red LED Modded
2x Delta 60mm, 60×38mm Sunon, 92mm Vantec Tornado
PPC 1200 TurboCool | Case Total CFM rating: 552.2
Rooster Build by Vinas
Vantage Results: 20588
New Asus P7P55 uses over 32 power phases!
A lot of people are saying Asus has outdone themselves with no less than a 32 + 3 phase design on their upcoming P55 based P7P55 Premium board. A response to Gigabytes 24 phase design? Maybe. In theory more phases deliver better, cleaner, more stable power to the CPU; while reducing or spreading out heat between pulse-width modulation devices (PWMs). Some critics insist that more PWMs are indicative of a design flaw or poor engineering. They go on to mention that a better phase design could use stronger PWMs or even better yet: digital PWMs.
What do you think? Sound off below the picture.
32 Phase P55 Asus P7P55 Premium