I already explained what I mean by cherry samples, but apparently the message is not coming across to some people. For the last time: Intel getting involved in all this has as sole purpose to:

1) Make sure the chips used in the competition are good chips, so that we're not benching at 5GHz.
2) Make sure the playing field is pretty much equal, so that we're not benching 5.3G against 5.8G.
3) To exclude having TOO much money involved going to hardware parts that are not made by the team's sponsor. If Asus sponsors a team, it's to show the quality of their products, not the quality/luck/wallet of the chip/bencher.

Maybe this first could be AMD-LN2 only? I'm sure manufacturers could use the feedback on those motherboards. Only Hipro5 would be mad then, though