Overclocking En Extremus: Athlon 64 FX 2.9 GHz, P4 EE 4.0 GHz

The NVentiv Mach 2 Cooling System

For this test, we used a compressor cooling system from nVentiv (formerly known as Prometeia). Last summer, the Mach 2 was the top-performing model on the market, and was well suited to keep high-performance processors considerably below 0°C permanently. For more details on how it works and its technical specifications, see test .

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.