Our sources have confirmed that you will be able to clock the cheapest, $284 priced Nehalem from 2.66GHz all the way to 4GHz.

This is definitely good news for many overclockers and enthusiasts; but, of course, you will need a good board to achieve such an overclock.

When it comes to overclocking, whatever rating you’ve seen on Yorkfield 45nm quad-core overclocking should be seen with Nehalem, and we all know that Core 2 generation was one of the best things for overclocking since the beginning of time.

Naturally, the unlocked Core i7 Extreme edition at 3.2GHz default clock might be able to clock even more, but 4GHz from 2.66GHz is definitely an impressive number.