Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 record: TerraRaptor overclocked to 5.1 GHz

Kazakh overclocker TerraRaptor has claimed the top spot in the Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 processor ranking. Pushing the chip to 5144MHz, the enthusiast achieved gold in the SuperPi - 32M benchmark with a time of 8 minutes 41 seconds and 750 milliseconds:

The Kazakh overclocker achieved this impressive result using a phase-change cooling system, a heavily modified ASUS Rampage Extreme motherboard, and, of course, extensive experience in overclocking and tuning the LGA 775 platform.

The accompanying photo reveals the test board underwent truly serious modifications:

Beyond the typical chipset cooling modifications, TerraRaptor at minimum desoldered several controllers — audio, network, and likely SATA — then filled the empty pads with insulating lacquer.

According to the enthusiast, this was done because the SATA devices were throwing errors and likely hindering the overclock. Below is his comment regarding the motherboard photo:

Here’s a photo of the chips that can be safely removed (I did this to combat strange SATA errors).

— TerraRaptor

Unfortunately, the overclocker did not specify the power supply or storage device used for the tests.

Source: Result page on HWBot website