A while back I went to a fun overclocking event held by AMD, where there was a lot of vapor, some exploding burritos, and some overclocking that got tantalizingly close to 7GHz. It was just an arbitrary number, and they broke a bunch of other records, but they couldn’t quite hit that last target. But a few months and I can only guess how much liquid helium later, they nailed it.

Their video, far from the lighthearted hijinx and sloppy editing of my own, is a professional affair, dominated by some nu-metal that perfectly embodies the concept of overclocking. Well, that’s not really true. But it’s better than the constant hissing noise that is the soundtrack to mine.

AMD breaks 7GHz barrier with liquid helium and nu-metal

Haha nice. I considered getting a Phenom II Black Edition but went with the L3-less Propus core since the reviews on it were pretty surprising and far cheaper.

Pointless speed really since it's only by multiplier. But you can say you have a 7GHz system. The HT link has actually been down-clocked to 8x; it would normally be 2250MHz with that bus speed.