Gigabyte Boasts 7.032 GHz CPU Clock Record on Ivy Bridge

In our recent overclocking review of the Core i7-3770K, we showed what Ivy Bridge can do on air and its limitations compared to previous Sandy Bridge CPUs. Gigabyte, with the help of overclocker HiCookie, set out to show what the Core i7-3770K can do on liquid nitrogen cooling and Gigabyte motherboards. HiCookie was able to surpass the 7.0 GHz milestone using a Core i7 3770K processor, while pushing the Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H motherboard to a fully validated 7.032 GHz using liquid nitrogen cooling. This is regarded as the current highest Ivy Bridge CPU frequency and a world record according to global overclocking website HWBot.org.

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Monster GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H hits 3770K 7.03GHz

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Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H

Intel Core i7 3770K

CPU Cooled by Liquid Nitrogen

Corsair Dominator GT (@2250 MHz)

Corsair AX1200 PSU

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In addition, HiCookie has broken the current highest memory speed for the Intel Ivy Bridge platform, reaching 3280MHz, with all four memory slots populated using a GA-Z77X-UD5H motherboard and G.Skill Trident X DDR3-2800 memory.

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DDR3-3280MHz 4 Slots Full Dimms on GIGABYTE Z77X-UD5H

System Specifications

Intel Core i7 3770K

CPU Cooled by Liquid Nitrogen

Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H

Gskill Trident X DDR3-2800 4GB x 4 16GB (4 slots)

Corsair AX1200W PSU

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DarkenMoon97

Before you know it, this will be everyday speeds.
xtreme5

ohhh, that's interesting btw how long last will this oc...
sirencall

darkenmoon97Before you know it, this will be everyday speeds.

I remember 5ghz was ground breaking speeds that needed liquid nitrogen to keep cool....lol its only gonna get crazier
alidan

sirencallI remember 5ghz was ground breaking speeds that needed liquid nitrogen to keep cool....lol its only gonna get crazier

depends on when we make the switch from silicon to graphene or something else like it we keep hearing about.
hellfire24

holy hell,a $150 board did 7GHz??
God that's crazy!!!!
victorious 3930k

2 days late. Broken by Andre Yang on a Maximus V Gene the 31st.

http://hwbot.org/submission/2287994_andreyang_cpu_frequency_core_i7_3770k_7074_mhz
officeguy

I know it is cool and all but there is no practical use for this. I don't know why this stuff is in the news. They only test for a minute. Now if you can run programs for about 8 hours with that speed, that would be more interesting.
i bet this ivyfail still reached 80c with liquid nitrogen
victorious 3930k

You're unlicky if you go LN2 and get -100.

gmandude89i bet this ivyfail still reached 80c with liquid nitrogen
molo9000

darkenmoon97Before you know it, this will be everyday speeds.

Not unless there is a major change in semiconductor technology.

It been a decade since we've seen the first 3GHz processors and true 4GHz processors have only just arrived in the market.

Clock speeds are not the future. More cores and more efficient designs are the way forward.
nnorton44

LOL bootleg windows
tomfreak

molo9000Not unless there is a major change in semiconductor technology.It been a decade since we've seen the first 3GHz processors and true 4GHz processors have only just arrived in the market.Clock speeds are not the future. More cores and more efficient designs are the way forward.

and yet for a casual user we dont need that much thanks to slow development on software industry for common software. We have yet to see a software industry start include AI processing to assist user.
TheBigTroll

this helped me rethink my currrent situation of mobos to get
boiler1990

Pretty impressive. Clock for clock this would beat the pants off the Bulldozer chips that hit 8+GHz
acerace

267512 said:

I know it is cool and all but there is no practical use for this. I don't know why this stuff is in the news. They only test for a minute. Now if you can run programs for about 8 hours with that speed, that would be more interesting.

Lol, noob. This is a suicide overclock, for the world record, not for your pratical BS.
But can it run Crysis?
amk-aka-Phantom

officeguyI know it is cool and all but there is no practical use for this. I don't know why this stuff is in the news. They only test for a minute. Now if you can run programs for about 8 hours with that speed, that would be more interesting.

GTFO from this site. This is EXACTLY the kind of news wanted here, not some "practical" bullshit about Apple or office apps.
A Bad Day

officeguyI know it is cool and all but there is no practical use for this. I don't know why this stuff is in the news. They only test for a minute. Now if you can run programs for about 8 hours with that speed, that would be more interesting.

You know those racecar events, or NFL football games, or NBA basketball games? Useless if you're looking for practical usefulness, but they are enjoying to watch.

But if you're stubborn, I'd like for you to tell a large group of football fanatics that football is useless. Preferably if they were recently hit with the news that their favorite team got steamrolled.
jankeke

I wonder how a i7 3770K would do with a decent watercooling loop ...

Maybe someone has a link ?
The_Trutherizer

Come back when they have 9 lol
molo9000

Tomfreakand yet for a casual user we dont need that much thanks to slow development on software industry for common software. We have yet to see a software industry start include AI processing to assist user.

Sort of true.
Almost 30 years ago people didn't know what to do with ever increasing processing power and what they came up with was the graphical user interface.

Today we might either see more stuff like voice recognition and smart assistants (Siri) and/or new form factors. (tablets, project glass, etc.)
willard

victorious 3930k2 days late. Broken by Andre Yang on a Maximus V Gene the 31st.http://hwbot.org/submission/228799 [...] k_7074_mhz

And broken again by HiCookie today.
http://hwbot.org/submission/2289196_hicookie_cpu_frequency_core_i7_3770k_7089.33_mhz/
jryan388

BRING OUT THE He
victorious 3930k

willardAnd broken again by HiCookie today.http://hwbot.org/submission/228919 [...] 89.33_mhz/

He says he can reach 7.1 on 1C, so I;m witing for Andre's next submission.

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