
Austrian overclocker TAGG secured two gold medals, pushing the Core 2 Duo E6850 and Pentium E2140 to their limits under liquid nitrogen.
Austrian overclocker TAGG has grabbed two gold medals in the category rankings for the high-end dual-core Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 and the budget Pentium E2140.
Cooled with liquid nitrogen, the E2140 was pushed to 4320 MHz (+170.00% over stock), allowing the enthusiast to complete the SuperPi - 32M benchmark in 11 minutes, 5 seconds, and 343 milliseconds. This secured him first place in the CPU's category ranking:
The test bench for the Pentium E2140 consisted of the following components:
Motherboard: ASUS Rampage Extreme;
RAM: two 2 GB sticks of CORSAIR Dominator GT DDR3;
Power supply: 850W SuperNOVA G2.
It looked like this:
⤢ ВІДКРИТИFor the E6860, the same liquid nitrogen pot was used, pushing the 65nm chip to an impressive 5540 MHz (+84.67% over stock). This overclock allowed TAGG to finish the SuperPi - 32M benchmark in 8 minutes, 53 seconds, and 875 milliseconds, claiming first place in the aging dual-core's category ranking:
The test bench for the Core 2 Duo E6850 consisted of the following components:
Motherboard: ASUS P5E3 Premium;
RAM: two 2 GB sticks of CORSAIR Dominator GT DDR3;
Power supply: 850W SuperNOVA G2.
It looked like this:
⤢ ВІДКРИТИSource: Enthusiast's profile on HWBot