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Intel overclocks Sandy Bridge CPU to 4.9GHz VIDEO INCLUDED!

domthecondom said:
erm I thought you can't overclock these? :|
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The rumour is that all timers will run from a single clock generator, thus changing the FSB/BCLK/whatever it is this time round will be limited by the USB and SATA controllers. Any multipliers/dividers will allow overclocking, but it looks like only the 'K' series will have the unlocked multiplier to do this.

EDIT: Well said Big Wayne
 
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OCDStevo said:
I reckon we'll be paying a nice premium for the K versions :(
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aaron333 said:
Apparantely the premium is a reasonable price. Again, speculation :)
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These are strange times indeed when people who want to OverClock are considering paying a premium to do so? :confused:

In case anyone is new or forgotten the ancient principle of OverClocking:

  1. Take inexpensive product
  2. Apply skill/knowledge
  3. Make expensive product
  4. Keep money in own pocket not Corporations® pocket!
 
Big.Wayne said:
These are strange times indeed when people who want to OverClock are considering paying a premium to do so? :confused:

In case anyone is new or forgotten the ancient principle of OverClocking:

  1. Take inexpensive product
  2. Apply skill/knowledge
  3. Make expensive product
  4. Keep money in own pocket not Corporations® pocket!
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Sort of agree.

I'll likely go AMD if Intel do lock (assuming AMD aren't). It's all part of the fun taking a chip and clocking it, without needing 'special' versions.
 
guys,

the same thing happened before nehalem was released.

does nobody remember the scaremongering?

"nehalem wont be overclockable"

its all going to be speculation.
i really cant see why you are all getting pulled into it.
 
Anand Lal Shimpi said:
Ever since before the Pentium III Intel had aspirations of shipping fully locked CPUs. The power of the enthusiast community generally kept Intel from exploring such avenues, but we live in different times today.

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Personally, I’d love nothing more than for everything to ship unlocked. The realities of Intel’s business apparently prevent that, so we’re left with something that could either be a non-issue or just horrible.

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Regardless of how they’re priced, what this is sure to hurt is the ability to buy a low end part like the Core i3 530 and overclock the crap out of it. What Intel decides to do with the available multiplier headroom on parts further down the stack is unknown at this point. If Intel wanted to, it could pick exciting parts at lower price points, give them a few more bins of overclocking headroom and compete in a more targeted way with AMD offerings at similar price points. A benevolent Intel would allow enough headroom as the parts can reliably hit with air cooling.

The potential for this to all go very wrong is there. I’m going to reserve final judgment until I get a better idea for what the Sandy Bridge family is going to look like.

Intel's Sandy Bridge Architecture Exposed
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If sandy bridge with its new tech can auto overclock to its optimum when needed without user interventions why would we need to manual overclock it ourselves?

With intel saying its restricting overclocking surely this will become a non-issue if we do not need to touch anything?
 
Although I doubt they will lock it, overclocking is becoming less needed now anyway with the i5/i7 which adjust the clock speed up and down for you.
 
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