> All I know is that my crummy consumer-grade Intel processor thermally throttles almost instantly under load That's... the design. You have a boost clock and

> All I know is that my crummy consumer-grade Intel processor thermally throttles almost instantly under load That's... the design. You have a boost clock and a sustained clock spec, and the latter is what you're guaranteed to get "under load". Usually it will do better with most parts and cooling solutions (note that the motherboard regulator hardware matters too!), but the load performance will always be "throttled". Basically you've just misunderstood. This isn't the 90's and clocks aren't fixed things. It's impossible to treat your criticism without numbers.