Quote Originally Posted by mongoled View Post
Im sorry for the pessimism Francois, but this is not the case from the evidence we have seen on the Internet regarding i7 clocks.

I dont know if it is the board that Charles was using that is making the difference, but many extremely talented peeps in the overclocking communities have been playing with i7 CPU's yet NONE OF THEM have even come close to the results yourself and Charles have shown.

I think this is peeps main concern.

Provide a reason why this is so, and peeps may well feel more relaxed....
But that is exactly the point he is making Did you even bother to read through the thread? Also, others have reached 4.7Ghz+ on retail chips (air), to use XS member, Informal's math, that is about 7% difference between a cherry picked chip and a retail chip.