Intel's Core i7-4770K Overclocked to 8.0 GHz; See Video!
It appears that someone might have managed to overclock Intel's soon to be released i7-4770K to a staggering 8.0 GHz.
Earlier, we showed you a screenshot of Intel's Haswell Core i7-4770K overclocked to a massive 7.0 GHz, but now we have a piece of video showing the CPU overclocked all the way to 8.0 GHz. Theoretically, the CPU shouldn't be able to go above 8 GHz due to restrictions with the multiplier and base clock, even on the "*K" version.
The video shows the CPU with only two cores enabled and HyperThreading disabled. The voltage of the CPU reaches 2.259 V as the CPU's clock speed is gradually increased.
Sadly, it shows nothing about temperatures, and for all we know, this video might well be a crafted fake, nothing but numerous edited screenshots in a slideshow, filmed to trick us into thinking otherwise. We cannot be certain, but the video below is still impressive.
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ilysaml The only matter makes me think it's fake that it's only AMD that can achieve 8GHz with their CPUs lol :)Reply -
This will be my next upgrade from a 2600k, just hoping for a good OC of about 4.5 4.8 with it and about a 25% boost with cooler temps.Reply
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unksol look on the bright side, they are limited to 8GHz by Intel, so this is the last of these articles we will ever have to seeReply -
notherdude That's nice but not even the space shuttle sound effects will make this as exciting as overclocking my old Celeron 300 up to 450 mhz..Reply -
cmi86 The 8350 hit 9 Ghz with less voltage. Granted more exposure with the 4770K may yield better results but still I'm not impressed yet.Reply
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