ObscureParadox sets SuperPi - 32M record on Intel Pentium E5300

British overclocker ObscureParadox has updated the SuperPi - 32M record for the Intel Pentium E5300:

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The overclocker achieved a result of 9 minutes, 1 second, and 265 milliseconds at a CPU frequency of 5459.8MHz. Notably, CPU-Z accurately reported the core voltage at a significant 1.952 volts. Given that motherboards often report slightly lower voltages to utilities, it's quite possible the actual voltage exceeded 2 volts.

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Generally, such voltage isn't overly concerning for liquid nitrogen cooling, which was used for this CPU. Considering the processor's current price (around $2-3), it's clear this particular sample was binned from hundreds, perhaps even more, similar chips. It's quite possible some of them sacrificed themselves for this impressive result.

The British overclocker's test bench included the following components:

• CPU – Pentium E5300

• Motherboard – ASUS Rampage Extreme X48

• RAM – Patriot Viper II Sector 5 2x2GB DDR2

In comments about his record, he revealed he wasted a lot of liquid nitrogen on the wrong CPU and ultimately didn't achieve everything he wanted. This implies we can expect at least a few solid results in Pi Fast and SuperPi - 1M disciplines in the future.