Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge-E CPUs will apparently deliver solid overclocking potential, according to the latest reports.
Whilst it isn't clear which Sandy Bridge-E offering was involved, the CPU is said to be having been running a multiplier of 41X - with a BCLK of 120MHz - to deliver a final speed of 4.92GHz. On the memory side of the equation, we're told that DDR3-2,400MHz (CAS 10) RAM was at the helm. CPU voltage was set at 1.51V, and idle temperatures were roughly around the 45° Celsius mark.
What's more, the above results were derived with an Intel X79 mainboard - utilising a 'regular' air cooling solution - so seemingly no liquid or LN2 was involved.
Given that the CPU in question was an engineering sample, it's believed that retail flavours will do even better.
