Quote Originally Posted by radaja View Post
sorry but i am a little offended by that statement.
as FUGGER saidi understand that the Extreme OC'ers will get the most out of these cpu but that doesnt mean their the only ones who should be eligable.i thought this was a contest for all at XS,maybe im overreacting but
why shouldnt us normal OCers have a chance to own a great cpu?you never know it might inspire us to move to your level(LN2)after reaching our meager normal OCing limits
By cherry chips we are talking about chips that do well under heavy cold ( LN2, Cascade, Dry Ice ) [ the latter applies to some not so common cases ].
Those chips generally do the same with the average chips on air / water cooling.

Having ( per say ) a 5.5GHz Core i7 and running it at 4 - 4.2GHz on air is a big waste, one way or another, especially if you consider the other options... most of the D0 revision i7's can do 4 to 4.2GHz on air, probably with less voltage as well ( since most cherrypicked i7's are high leakage voltage loving chips ).

I have 2 E8600's that do 4.8GHz 24/7 at approx 1.46V, one of them can bench @ ~6.2GHz on LN2, and the other runs flat out at... 5.9GHz... so, I decided to sell the second E8600, since it's of no use to me.

The same thing applies to this situation ( at least that's my feeling ).