Ahh, the 300A. I remember being blown away by the results people were getting with that. I didn't manage to get my hands on one for a few months, but when I did

Ahh, the 300A. I remember being blown away by the results people were getting with that. I didn't manage to get my hands on one for a few months, but when I did I lapped the heatspreader (the only CPU I ever lapped, thanks HardOCP!), and ran it at ~540 for several months. It did get unstable and had to be dropped down after that, but it was still >500. As much as the actual performance was awesome, the important thing for me was really the achievement around it. I was just some kid in my parents basement, and through some reading and a little elbow grease, I was able to match the performance of the most expensive CPUs in the market. I was empowered, thanks to Anand and his ilk.