A positive point: the reference motherboard runs precisely at 200.0 MHz, the clock speed specified by AMD. In the past, some manufacturers have repeatedly tried to tilt comparison tests in their favor by "doping" their boards to run at a slightly overclocked speed.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
