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Re:Intel Skylake sample breaks 6.5GHz mark on LN2 by PebblesHD on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @10:05PM (#9933587)
How, under the current laws of physics, did someone manage to squeeze 8500MHz out of a Celeron D????
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Re:Intel Skylake sample breaks 6.5GHz mark on LN2 by dmishe on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @11:14PM (#9933774)
It's based on Pentium 4 core which was extremely overclock-able, plus it's a single core, which makes it easier to get to that stable enough for a screenshot state.
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