AMD has annouced that on Tuesday that it was awarded the Guinness World Record for computer processor speed for an overclocked version of its future-release eight-core FX desktop processor.
The CPU maxed out 8.429 GHz with the help of several specialists, as well as a heavy dose of liquid nitrogen and helium for cooling. The previous record speed set for a processor was 8.308 GHz.
Though the record-winning overclock and cooling system is far more complex than anything a consumer would likely use in a home, FX processors also happened to achieve clock frequencies well above 5 GHz using only air- or sub-US$100 water cooling solutions, AMD said.
No benchmarking or stress testing was used for the CPU that cracked the world record.
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