remember when oc'ing started with the celeron 266a? it was the cheapest cpu. basically kick started this whole cottage industry. did a 90% oc.
now with sandybridge, its the reverse. the oc'able cpu's are the most expensive. i dont know how we ended up in this situation, but this really is the end of overclocking. for one i am not dropping £275 on a cpu just so i can oc it. if amd goes this route, with locked buses..well its all over. what created the "pc enthusiast" segment is the ability to get a low end cpu and oc it past high end. intel just dont understand they are killing this segment.
now with sandybridge, its the reverse. the oc'able cpu's are the most expensive. i dont know how we ended up in this situation, but this really is the end of overclocking. for one i am not dropping £275 on a cpu just so i can oc it. if amd goes this route, with locked buses..well its all over. what created the "pc enthusiast" segment is the ability to get a low end cpu and oc it past high end. intel just dont understand they are killing this segment.