Quote Originally Posted by Jimmer411 View Post
QFT! Ill add in its those people that do most of the promoting for intel that have those chips. So in the end we would still see the legends posting insane overclocks, where us little people would be SOL. Intel still wins.


Its no longer about whos the best tweaker like it used to be anyways. Its all about who can buy the most expensive hardware that no one can afford. Look at orb.
But isn't every hobby/Sport that way?
There are the top people, the middle and the bottom.
There is room for all to play
Then realistically look at what is available today for short money.
An E8400 for the gamers that clocks very nicely and the Q6600 where many do 3600 on air and thats a pretty powerfull machine at that speed.
Both machines pretty cheap to build.
I'm into the dual socket boards.
I just tested a $3000.00 pair of X5482's(borrowed), punched them up to 3600 and on wPrime32m time was less than 1 sec faster than a guy with a $550.00 pair of 5420's at 3225..
There is still the cheap way to attain almost the speeds of the top chips but at much less money spent.