Where are the AMD/DFI fanboys? 
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=50149
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79877
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This sets a new World Record in Maximum Frequency ever achieved by a
desktop processor. Intel reigns supreme in this arena.
Who cares about ghz? The question is - does it do any better at anything after OCing other than using up a few MW of energy?
^^ hehehehehā¦so true 
whats the use of clock speed anyway?
Better Performance.. Duh!
Above 7 Ghz. Man that is something :O.
yes 7ghz! :S woah!
Overclockers!
I donāt care [much] about raw speed, but then dfi-street and similar extremist
forums are littered with āWorld Recordā claims. I thought a change would be
refreshing for all of us.
Oh, and isnāt it this āoverclockingā thing most AMD/DFI āexpertsā always keep
screaming about? NetBurst may not be very efficient, but nothing can beat it
when it comes to raw speed. And mind you, it would play most games better
at this speed than any overclocked, overvolted, overdfied and overhyped AMD
Hypteron currently available. 
Psst: Personally, Iām building my second AMD rig, and the first X2 one.
Can u run that overclocked Intel for 24x7.
This is just for record not for 24x7 usage.
BTW 7+Ghz is really a gr8 feat.
Look, what I mean is you want to OC, fine.
It gives better performance, OK.
But at some level, do you think that that OC is of any use?
If he had OCed it to only 5Ghz, wud it perform worse?
At that OC, it was probably unstableā¦ so what is the use?
To me, the whole OC thing doesnāt matter or mean anything. Itās like using
Nitro to win street races, and you know it takes a toll on the engines.
I like my machines running stable at stock speeds. Since Iām not a serious
gamer, actually never liked anything besides AOE-II, neither raw speed of the
CPUs nor the overpriced GPUs are of any importance to me.
I know a Prescott at 7GHz wonāt be stable for long, and wonāt defeat IBM Blue
Gene at number crunching either. My post was meant to clear the fog that
only AMDs can be overclocked, and that Prescotts (NetBurst) is such a bad
architecture.
As for doing something useful, yes ā¦it can help in finding the greatest Mersenne
Prime.
@Quad Master,
The ārealā machines meant to run 24x7 are never overclocked. Overclocking not
only voids your warranty, it also shortens the life-span of all the componants
of the machine. Think of overclocking as the underground racing competetions
and overclockers as its aspiring participants. Itās all illegal, but still they take pride in it.
^ Overclocking doesnt really shorten the life-span, its the over-volting you do when you are overclocking that reduces its life! If you overclock while keeping your voltages at stock, you would see practically no drop in component life (assuming thermal levels stay under control).
Even overclocked processors with a mild bump in voltage dont tend to lose too much in their life-span. Its only the insane volts (like stock 1.4v to around 2.0v) that tend to shorten a processorās life-span to as little as 3 ~ 4 months in some cases , even with sub-zero cooling.
You seem to be taking the DFI scenario a bit too personally Asus boards are the undisputed kings of Overclocking when it comes to Pentium 4ās , and nobody denies that here. The Asus P5WD2 premium is an amazing board. Darklord owns one and was once joking if he could stuff an A64 onto it (and he has a DFI as well)
As for the P4ās , they can scale pretty high alright but even at these insane speeds theyāre nothing much to write home about. AFAIK even the slower clocked Pentium Mās when overclocked do much better !
^ Overvolting is always implied, isnāt it?
Nah, nothing personal against DFI. Itās just the fanboys, Eddy.
In fact, Iām thinking about getting SLI-DR or eXpert for my X2,
if and if only the A8N32 doesnāt make it here in time.
Yes, ASUS P5WD2 Premium is just amazing. That Jap overvolted his Prescott
to 2.0V. Can you believe that? Iām wondering whatever happened to the board
and that champ Prescott after the LN2 takedown. LN2 makes solids quite brittle, right?
^ Hehe, not always. Check my siggie 
. Though most peeps tend to overvolt just a tad bit to say 1.45v ~ 1.50v for 24x7 use , and that hardly does anything to proccy life. Most of the time these last for a good 5 years, and by that time you would have most probably upgraded anyway 
Not much clue about LN2 unfortunately, perhaps the others can shed light on that. AFAIK plastics/rubber get brittle at the low temps. For metals, it depends on the grade/type of metal.
Well 7 Ghz is some record and you have to give them credit for the feat.
Performance and stability is another issue altogether, you canāt expect such high frequencies and stability at the same timeā¦
Well its implied by all the DFI fanboi, DFI mobos are not for the masses, simply too many DOA, stability wise I would pick a Asus/MSI over it.
Coolā¦uh I mean HOTā¦yikesā¦the prescott architecture seems a real speed demon, thanks to Asusā¦
And we have to give intel credit hereā¦for the OCāing and the world smallest nuclear reactor (sounds lame)ā¦sorry for thatā¦
Pity stock coolers donāt do this CPU justice, and even ones available after market arenāt any betterā¦I have a 660 and I cannot afford to OC itā¦maybe once liq nitro becomes cheaper 
And yamā¦thanks for the linksā¦
Have to wonder here (are they 100% genuine)???
The x86-secret.com validation link for CPU-Z is similar to 3dMarkās ORB system. AFAIK it cannot be faked.
Ok did not know thatā¦thanxā¦