Will you still get core i7 knowing this?

[miguelca]

You made your point Dee, and everybody has the right to express their opinion, just like I did.

You're right. The original point of overclocking was in fact to achieve higher performance than expected with low budget components, and be able to compete with expensive high-end parts without spending the extra cash.
I for example admire people that achieve 100% OC's on Intel E2140 or E2160 processors, on air.
Anyway why shouldn't people than can afford expensive hardware try to push it even further?
Overclocking is a much wider concept now.

I suppose there are mainly two types of overclockers.
Type "A" want to reach the physical limits, break world records, show off (in a good sense) with screenshots and mostly suicide shots, spend lots of time just to get 10 or 20MHz more, and are real artists.
Benching is an art that I respect.
I really admire some XS members that have proven to be absolute geniuses.

Type "B" seek 24/7 stability, and spend their time trying to find the best OC combination that allows for some hardware longevity, but still pushing their hardware's capabilities to a higher level.
This is my type.

Since one of my main computer tasks is Folding@Home, I'm really interested in i7 and DDR3 bandwidth possibilities.
I'm pretty sure that if the client is optimized, I'll be able to process much more WU's in less time.
The company that supplies electricity to my home appreciates it, but it's a cause I really want to believe in.

Sorry for the offtopic.

Yes, I agree.

The original point of overclocking was to push cheaper parts until they could compete with the top-end ones. Are we all forgetting this? I have more respect for someone who can get insane speeds from a low-end CPU than someone who jumps on the latest thing, has more money than sense and feels the need to impress people on the Internet.

i7 doesn't even interest me, nor does DDR3, and it'll be quite a while until I even care at all.