What combination of parts could get me ~5.0Ghz pretty much guaranteed?

[GHarrall 494]

Good to see you too, Stephen - it has been a while! I'm pretty sure these numbers are a little low as you said. I think they were reported by ASUS within a couple weeks of the SB release. They tested 100 chips, so I can't imagine they spent much time on each one.

These numbers were reported by ASUS at launch of Sandy Bridge.......but the point here is that the OP is looking for a guarantee of 5 ghz........a guarantee that cannot be provided. I think the chart is still fairly valid in making the point, even if the %'s are off.

[RobbieHe 0]

How about the AMD Bulldozer?Bulldozer Breaks Frequency Record Again: Overclocked to 8.46GHzRHTerrible single threaded performance. Worse than previous AMD's K10.5 architecture, avoid at all cost for FSX Well maybe it will be better in MS Flight which hopefully will be built for a multicore CPU.RH

[Christopher Low 5,353]

Let's face it, you aren't going to see a noticeable difference between 4.8Ghz and 5.0Ghz, so what's the point?

[HLJames 2,568]

core i7-2700K @ 1.4VMaximus IV Extreme-z5.1 GHz working well5.2 GHz no goHLJAMES

[Noel 4,499]

Let's face it, you aren't going to see a noticeable difference between 4.8Ghz and 5.0Ghz, so what's the point?

Why braggin' rights, of course!

[Ben Cap 89]

My friend has a 2700k at 5.2GHZ...... Envious much?