[O/C] Gigabyte P55A-UD7 on liquid nitrogen

[Overclockers.com]

If you have not yet had a chance to check out my first P55 motherboard comparison, I'd recommend doing so before proceeding. This is not a complete review in and of itself, but builds on the foundation established in that first article. At that time, I only had one CPU worth testing, and that was an i5 750 which happened to be very strong with extreme cooling. Since then, the new Intel 32nm CPUs have been released and have put a new twist on this game.

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[MattNo5ss]

Great job! You were right, it did validate my mobo decision

Was 243 the highest bclk you could reach, or were you just going for overall CPU speed? I ask b/c I could boot with a low multi at 240bclk on air.

 

[MIAHALLEN]

Great job! You were right, it did validate my mobo decision

Was 243 the highest bclk you could reach, or were you just going for overall CPU speed? I ask b/c I could boot with a low multi at 240bclk on air.

I hit 265MHz on LN2...never tested bclocks with any other cooling