AMD announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded the Guinness World Record for computer processor speed for an overclocked version of its upcoming eight-core FX desktop processor. This CPU hit a top speed of 8.429 GHz with the help of specialist teams, as well as a heavy dose of liquid nitrogen and helium for cooling. The previous record speed was 8.308 GHz. FX processors also happened to achieve clock frequencies well above 5 GHz using only air- or sub-$100 water cooling solutions, AMD said.
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Don't Try This at Home: Overclocked AMD FX Chip Breaks Speed Record
Posted by: Richard Adhikari September 13, 2011 11:23 AMAMD announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded the Guinness World Record for computer processor speed for an overclocked version of its upcoming eight-core FX desktop processor. This CPU hit a top speed of 8.429 GHz with the help of specialist teams, as well as a heavy dose of liquid nitrogen and helium for cooling. The previous record speed was 8.308 GHz. FX processors also happened to achieve clock frequencies well above 5 GHz using only air- or sub-$100 water cooling solutions, AMD said.