Intel plans to deliberately limit Sandy Bridge overclocking

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Wrong. It varies but many vehicles can be upgraded in performance for free. Depending on what type you could drill the jets, flash the eprom, take out extra weight, install a bleed in the wastegate pressure line, take off the mufflers, port and polish the manifolds/heads, etc etc.

I swear, computer people shouldn't delve into car analogies unless they have a clue.

Riiiiiiiiiiight, because the number of people who can hit numbers into a BIOS to OC is the same as those who are willing to mechanically delve into their car. The barrier to old style OCing like replacing clock chips by soldering is the same as popping open your hood: screw up and you've got an expensive paperweight.

We've been spoiled by FSB / bclock OC. It's as if you could pop open a hidden instrument panel to unlock extra HP.

@ Dr.Who: thanks for the kind words. I personally don't have a problem if OC is restricted, but it's nice to see you guys still into the 'hidden value'.