Team overclocks Core 2 Quad to 5.1GHz, claims world record -- too bad it's not

by Nilay Patel, posted Jul 31st 2008 at 5:02PM

So we hate to break it to the good guys at Tom's Hardware, but while we're impressed that they managed to overclock a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 to 5.1GHz using a cryogenic cooling system, it's not nearly close to the world record they're claiming -- we've seen P4's at up to 8.18GHz, and just a couple months ago someone jacked a Core 2 Extreme QX9775 on a Skulltrail board to 6GHz. Still, it's always fun to watch people pour LNO2 over a mobo -- video after the break.

[Via PC World]