[rickss69]

Most of us would participate regardless of a "prize". We just like to bench.

[Splave]

^ right on rickster

[Kal-EL]

Originally Posted by ocgmj

Did the coconuts hit the fiber line again?

Yep, looks like its gonna be spotty for while tho but I'm back in action.


I'll see if I can organize a pro's vs joe's overclocking contest too,

[Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Kal-EL

Yep, looks like its gonna be spotty for while tho but I'm back in action.


I'll see if I can organize a pro's vs joe's overclocking contest too,

Dang where will I fit it in on that contest then... you need a noob ranking

[Kal-EL]

I think it'd build some bridges to have an event like eh?

Pro's handicapped to air only and joe's stuck to water?

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by RomDominance

My 2cents....
I commend Supes for having an entirely unique and refreshing perspective to making a name in the oc world.

3oh6, each of us have a different level of interest and viewpoints about this subject for sure. If you do something because it sustains you, its a job. If you do something because you love it, its a hobby or passion. If what you do provides both, your a lucky man. If that something is oc'n, then your a pro....and obviously operate within an environment that has way more advantages to aquiring boints than the rest of us.....not the most level playing field if you ask me, but se la vi.

Freaking well said

Its C'est la vie though (say la vee)

[Cecil]

Originally Posted by Kal-EL

I think it'd build some bridges to have an event like eh?

Pro's handicapped to air only and joe's stuck to water?

For something like that, I suggest keeping it to 775 and AM2/AM3 chips as well. Only thing is, how to tell if a Joe is lying.

[sofos1990]

I vote ES in the game
In bot there are many good cpus(Brian y., hipro5, AndreYang and many other guys) that are not ES......

[eva2000]

Originally Posted by 3oh6

i believe that keeping the samples is the norm for the industry of small to mid range sites. there have been very few times over the course of my review career that i have been asked to return hardware. i have also only written for two sites so both would be considered small to mid-size, although i think HardwareCanucks is getting close to the bigger end of the mid-size spectrum.

i think it is understood reviewers do this on their own time for small sites and manufacturers understand the hardware is their compensation.

as for the new Dom GT's, as soon as i saw the thread here i fired out a PM to my director to see what we could do. i know Corsair was interested in sending one of TEC cooling units so hopefully i can get one of the new 2000 CL7's with it. now that i have a CPU that can clock memory to almost 1200MHz, i am not scared of those bad boy GT's anymore

Yeah I've never been asked to send anything back that i review/test. Then again I always decline the offers if there's a time limit and I have to send it back - just not enough time with all the testing I do and incentive if the gear has to go back

Jody with TEC RAM cooling eek scary

Personally, I don't see any problems with ES being on hwbot as most retail cpus will eventually spank them - hell even my 2x i7 920 3836A756 C0 step cpus spanked the crap out of early i7 965 ES samples on just plain TRUE120 air!

[Kal-EL]

Originally Posted by eva2000

Yeah I've never been asked to send anything back that i review/test. Then again I always decline the offers if there's a time limit and I have to send it back - just not enough time with all the testing I do and incentive if the gear has to go back

Jody with TEC RAM cooling eek scary

Personally, I don't see any problems with ES being on hwbot as most retail cpus will eventually spank them - hell even my 2x i7 920 3836A756 C0 step cpus spanked the crap out of early i7 965 ES samples on just plain TRUE120 air!

Looking around I think thats true of the Intel ES chips. AMD "Special" chips seem a bit further along that what you'll get retail, if you know what I mean.