Monday, August 25th 2008
Intel Bloomfield Operates at -120C on ASUS P6T Deluxe
Without doubt, Nehalem is what the computing world is raving about. Intel's next generation PC processors will arrive at stores sometime September thru October. Intel has put in a nice set of incentives to woo the enthusiast community, perhaps some of whom are sitting tight on US $3000 worth of CPUs in the form of dual QX9775 installations. Incentives include the Turbo Mode dynamic speed adjustment feature, projecting the processors as powerhouse chips that also have the potential for extreme computing or overclocking. NordicHardware captured such an installation which features a Core i7 Bloomfield processor seated on a ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard with a liquid-nitrogen copper pot installed (a cooling device which consists of a copper cavity in contact with the CPU, in which liquid nitrogen is poured for rapid cooling). It's noted that the CPU temperatures plummeted to -120° C (or -184° F). It was noted that the Core i7 held on pretty well at those deep-space temperatures. There however, are no stability tests to back those observations as yet. Enjoy the pictures for now.
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15 Comments on Intel Bloomfield Operates at -120C on ASUS P6T Deluxe
the temps are what am interested in as there is nothing i have come across (air cooling).
to build and i7 system will cost well over 1000 (3 sets of ddr3 - x58 motherboard - i7 cpu)
i just learned from fud that a 3.2GHz Nehalem can easily overclock all the way to 4GHz or more, on air. If you use water or LN2 you are in for much higher speeds but the initial 4GHz+ gives you a clear idea that Nehalem will be as overclockable as the Yorkfield generation of Core 2 Quad CPUs.
We may all want,but we cant all afford :cry:
As far as overclocking goes, 4ghz was impressive on a chip that was 2.xx ghz stock. The amount of an OC to 4ghz from 3.2ghz is only 20%. That's to be expected from pretty much any half-decent chip I think. I consider nearing a 50% OC impressive . . . and I fully expect these chips to hit ~5ghz or more on air.