The release of the Intel Core i7 has set the overclocking arena abuzz with excitement in anticipation of new world records.

Armed with the ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme motherboard that supports the newest Intel platform, the Japanese overclocking enthusiast duck smashed to the top of the overclocking charts and notched in a world record for Core i7 CPU frequencies. Recording an exceptional score of 5510.09 MHz, duck clearly laid down the gauntlet for future challengers to the throne. A CPU overclocking veteran, duck still holds the world?s highest frequency for overclocking a Pentium 4 631 CPU to a staggering 8180.4MHz last year.