PCWorldreports that several overclockers wanted to get their hands on the chip and take it to its limits.

One of them happen to be disabling Intels power reduction feature, and increase the processors voltage delivery.

Core i7-6950X features a TDP of 140W and if costs an unbelievable $1,723.

Intel Core i7-6950X gets overclocked to 5.7GHz

What Intel forgot to point out was that its latest flagship processor is also great at overclocking.

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Intel Core i7-6950X gets overclocked to 5.7GHz

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source: www.techworm.net