"Am I disappointed in the overclocking headroom available from this processor. Not in the least! With the insane speeds being offered up by the dual core variants, I was still searching for a bit more than the 3.7GHz I was able to pull from this quad core processor. But even though I was expecting more, a greater than 1 GHz overclock is nothing to laugh at. The clockspeed increase was also done with a relatively low 1.36 volts to the processor. Much less than I have needed with both my Q6600 and QX9770s to gain the maximum core speed. Temperatures were, for the most part, kept in check throughout the testing. 64 degrees Celsius under load was the highest temperature I saw on air cooling during my stability testing with Prime 95. With better cooling, could the max overclock be increased? Probably, but the vast majority of users will be on air, so that's where I spent my time testing."
@ Overclockers Club
Monday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
Entering the Notebook World in 2008
ASUS DRW-2014 L1T DVD-RW Review @ Virtual-Hideout
Coolink ChipChilla Chipset Cooler
MITRON Duplus HDD Selector Review @ Madshrimps
Seagate Momentus 5400.4 250GB 2.5 HDD
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler Review @ Virtual-Hideout
NVIDIA Gets Aggressive, Dismisses CPU-GPU Fusion @ HotHardware.com
CyberLink PowerDVD 8 Reviewed
AMD 790FX Vs NVIDIA 780a Chipsets
OCZ Vendetta 2 Review @ OCC
Contests
Win a Pair of XFX 8800GS SLI cards
April Giveaway Begins On Gamepyre
HotHardware's April Sweepstakes - Win a new Rig! @ HotHardware.com
Games
Sins of a Solar Empire - PC Review
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Preview @ OCModShop
