Quote Originally Posted by Epsilon84 View Post
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I've already acknowledged the memory timings issue, yes, they are crap, AMD will do better with better timings, but so will Intel, but not to the same extent obviously. Still, no amount of memory tweaking will get Phenom anywhere NEAR Core2 in this benchmark, and you know it.
No they aren't.

98% of DDR2 800 sold in this world is CL5.That's real world.
Go buy a Dell or HP or any not-DIY PC and you'll get DDR2 800@CL5-5-5-15.