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Noxious89123 t1_j43rfs3 wrote

Reply to comment by Daddy_Jayus in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek

>Didn't I read something about a ~3ghz wall a few years ago?

My old i7-2600k from 2011 humming along at 4.9GHz be like "Hmm, what did you say?"

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uncoolcat t1_j44rad4 wrote

I was only able to achieve a stable 4.8 GHz on my 2600k (with custom water cooling at that), but was rock solid at 4.8 GHz even when running stress tests for days at a time. I did get it up to 5.0 GHz, but it'd blue screen after just a few minutes. lol

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Noxious89123 t1_j475jyu wrote

Mine did like 4.3GHz on air, couldn't cool it with the voltage needed to go faster.

Watercooled it in 2018, got as high as 4.95GHz but wasn't willing to use any more voltage to go faster.

Ended up degrading it over ~6 months, now it won't do over 4.8GHz.

Probably should have just settled on 4.8GHz, as that required way less voltage.

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