5 GHz Project: CPU Cooling With Liquid Nitrogen

There is not a better CPU cooling system than liquid nitrogen. We learned firsthand how to sufficiently cool the Intel P4 to -196°C to bring it past the 5 GHz mark. For the non-believer, the THG video capture it all on tape.

AMD's Athlon 64 Has Arrived: the Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 (and Intel's P4 Extreme) Reviewed

AMD introduces its Clawhammer CPU. Debut of the Athlon 64 with Single DDR interface for the socket 754 and the Athlon 64 FX with Dual DDR interface (including ECC) for the socket 940.

Spring 2003 IDF - Day 2: 13 Instructions For Prescott

Intel shows 1st details of Prescott. In addition, they give an overview of upcoming DDR2 memory. Nano technology expected to reach 32 nm structures by 2009. And: AMD's notebook with their 64-bit CPU.

Prometeia Mach 2: Best Compressor Cooler for x86 CPUs

Chip-Con improves its product line. The Danish vendor wants to reach a new cooling record of -52°C with its Prometeia Mach 2. We show those improvements in our 8th video. Are 4.3GHz possible?

Duel of the Titans: Opteron vs. Xeon

Newisys send the first Opteron server to THG's lab. Their dual Sledgehammer system has to compete with a dual Xeon platform from Intel. Furthermore, we show pictures of the new 64-bit CPU.

The Iceman Cometh: P4 at 4.1 GHz

In the sixth THG video we show benchmark performance of a PC system clocked at 4.1GHz. At minus 52 degrees Celsius we demonstrate the results of extreme cooling.

Single CPU in Dual Operation: P4 3.06 GHz with Hyper-Threading Technology

Hyper-Threading turns one physical P4 processor into two virtual ones. If you work with several applications at the same time you will notice an increase in performance for each one.

Fall 2002 IDF: Day 3 How About A Little Video?

Intel shows a handpicked Pentium 4 at the Developer Forum 2002 that allows clock rates up to 4.6GHz. With this sample they want to demonstrate high scalability of their new CPU.

The Third THG Video: Silent and Ice Cold

Water cooling enables the user to run a processor far beyond its official specification. THG shows the assembly and installation of such a system inside a classical PC case.

Second THG Video: Unlocking The Athlon XP/MP

You can close the so called L1 bridges of an Athlon XP by using conductive silver paint. You will be able to unlock the multiplier; hence effective ocing of the CPU is possible.

Hot Spot - How Modern Processors Cope With Heat Emergencies

What happens if a CPU cooler falls off during transport? AMD's Athlon might overheat in operation. Motherboards that don't poll Athlon's thermal diode can cause this.