i7 4770k running at 7 GHz

It could be legit, the voltage may not be though because CPU-Z hasn't been updated for Haswell yet, so it probably isn't reporting the voltage properly. Although i'd still expect the voltage for an overclock like that to be pretty high.

It also depends on what cooling he was using, if it was LN2, then it's definitely possible. Can't see an overclock that high, with that much voltage, being done on air or even watercooling. Unless Haswell runs extremely cool, even when overclocked that is.
 
Eugh, this is probably going to mean I end up spending more on upgrades :/

I think it will be legit. 7ghz isn't unheard of really at subzero. No results on how these can perform under normal cooling yet however.

As for the voltage, that's most likely a glitch in the system as the article suggests. Technology has been getting more efficient - especially with die shrinks. I can't imagine that this will be able to take twice the amount of volts that Ivy can handle.

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I would explain why we're seeing dual 8pin power on pretty much all of the high end Z87 boards though.
 
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I am almost 100% sure that the chip was subzero cooled. Even with the biggest water cooling system ever your not going to get any cpu ubove 5 to 5.3 or so.
And for the voltage it might be a glitch yes, but image a freaking 7 Ghz overclock. 2,56 might be a bit high but i am curios what kind of voltages you would need for a ivy bridge to run at 7 Ghz ?
 
Found 2 other pics while doing some digging, no real idea if they are real or not till the CPU-Z validation links is found. 6.2Ghz 1.216v 4670k on a Mpower board, and the one at the 7Ghz 2.56v 4770k looks to have been on a Maximus VI (6) Extreme

Also the 4670k was on v1.63 of CPU-Z and the 4770k was on v1.62, possibly the voltage reading was fixed on that change??

91635e41_MSI-Z87-MPOwer.jpeg

81636474_Core-i7-4770K.jpeg
 
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If these are accurate I wonder if Intel has changed the thermal compound used between the Die and the Heat Spreader.
 
Vicey said:
If these are accurate I wonder if Intel has changed the thermal compound used between the Die and the Heat Spreader.
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Hopefuly they go back to the method they used on the Sandy chips for the high end/overclockable chips and if they want to save that bit on production costs use the cheaper method they used on Ivy for the lower range/non-overclockable chips.
 
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Roooker said:
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Quote: " Intel recommends a range of 1.8V to 2.3V for this value, with a maximum of 3V and a default of 1.8V"
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Well, it ain't April 1st....

And that may finally explain why a crap ton of the boards being pimped atm have two 8 pin and a whirry fan over the fets.
 
And that would mean that we can oc the fucking hell out of haswell :D
Getting very very excited, even though i am not planing on upgrading my 2500k.
 
I Hunta x said:
Found 2 other pics while doing some digging, no real idea if they are real or not till the CPU-Z validation links is found. 6.2Ghz 1.216v 4670k on a Mpower board

91635e41_MSI-Z87-MPOwer.jpeg
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This imo is much more interesting than the 7GHz ones, 1.216V isn't exactly outrageous.
 
The 6.2ghz one is definitely more interesting because if those 1.2 volts are correct, then that's in the safe 24/7 OC zone.

I have a feeling CPU-Z isn't up to date though and the readings are not correct, we shall see soon enough tough, only 4 weeks to go :D
 
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Ok so now I understand the reason Hazwell is only a 10-20% increase per clock... Because clocks can be raged another ~30% higher :DDD
I think Intel's got some major cards up it's sleeve and we're going to be seeing very high clocks even from simple air cooling, due to their on-CPU voltage tweaks - Just you watch.

My only absolute hope is that they bring back unlocked i3s. I'm not exactly well off financially and a i3 @5ghz+ on air could be the best thing to happen to desktop computing in a big while.
 
Maybe intel want to encounter the also rumored amd 8-core 8570k 4.3ghz at stock cpu.Also hd8970 been spotted on the same cpu-z validation.
 
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