Why some people are bashing HardOCP review about Phenom II ?

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why exactly did he choose to use the MSI K9N2 and not the foxconn destroyer or Asus corsshair II you know boards that work right and are known for overclocking? <-wait don't answer this

i do however like the 2x1GB of DDR800 in the AMD vs 4GB of 1066 in the intel... to bad he couldn't figure out how to use the EPP option in the MSI's BIOS its only a click away kyle :p


alas it was a BS review to boost intel (whose ad was on the front page of his review) P2 competes clock for clock with the Q9400 its not aimed at higher it competes with higher but all it can do is shake an angry fist. Maybe with more mature chips and BIOS's we will see higher oc's and better scores but for now high end C2Q>PII

Exactly.Also if you go by the review of the board they used for the tri SLI testing with Phenom II,you will see it was packed with odd results (tested with phenom I) and it underperformed miserably,compared to other AMD boards.Yet Kyle decides to use this particular board for Phenom II SLI tests even though his own initial review of the same board stated the board had plethora of issues with performance across the board