The ubergeeks at Tomshardware have figured out how to run a dual core Pentium D 805 clocked at 2.66 Ghz, at a whopping 4.1 GHZ! Yoikes. Is this the new Celeron 300?

[Ed. some clarifications may be necessary for ordinary (normal) people…]

  1. Overclocking: The art of running parts of your PC, preferrably the CPU, faster than original manufacture specifications.
  2. Why? - Overclocking started because computers were really slow, but these days we have fast systems so it isn’t that necessary always, but hey, It’s fun, and beating a £600 cpu with a £79 CPU is enough to make most die hard techies smile.. it’s that “I converted my lada into a Ferrari feeling” Also those who are into rendering/3D/Games can never have enough speed.
  3. The celeron 300 was famous for being crazily overclockable. This processor appears to match or beat that celeron’s capabilities, as far as overclocking goes..
  4. Note: These results were achieved using a really high quality motherboard, water cooling, and the best memory/psu/etc money could buy. Don’t expect to rush out to unity plaza and achieve the same results

Ed: the best overclock I’ve ever achieved was running a 1.5Ghz wilamette at 2.0, with normal air cooling. I bet I could have achieved better results if I was using a Northwood.. as always, I’d love to hear other peoples overclocking stories..

Event/Link of the moment
http://blueandgold2006.com/
From the web site…

Royal Rocks!, also known as Blue and Gold 2006, is a major carnival and music festival organised by Royal College.

It will be held on Friday the 7th, Saturday the 8th, and Sunday the 9th of July 2006.

It will be held at the Race Course Grounds, and each night will feature a live musical concert featuring some of Sri Lanka’s hottest musical talent!

Friday night will feature a rock music theme. Stigmata and Tantrum have been booked to perform. Stigmata of course need no introduction… Tantrum are the 2005 winners of TNL Onstage.

(unrelated) video of the moment: Mallika I hate you