This is very interesting, but IMO missing something very important: benchmarks!
As far as I'm concerned, the point of ricing is to see what can be achieved with exotic configurations. I'm running a Ryzen 3950X in a B350 board, which is barely supported, but it works fine. Memory speed is at the edge of stability, which isn't much on that board - about 2900 MHz. My "benchmarks" are compile times.
For old computers, I don't care which benchmarks, as long as they are the same in the "before" and "after" configurations.
My first computer had a 486DLC. I had no idea at the time that it's close to a 386 and is a little slower than a 486SX-25. But I was in school and I had to take what my parents were willing to pay for. It would be fun to see what could have been achieved with a crazy CPU swap. I guess a board that could take an almost 486 could also take a Pentium Overdrive as in the article.
As far as I'm concerned, the point of ricing is to see what can be achieved with exotic configurations. I'm running a Ryzen 3950X in a B350 board, which is barely supported, but it works fine. Memory speed is at the edge of stability, which isn't much on that board - about 2900 MHz. My "benchmarks" are compile times.
For old computers, I don't care which benchmarks, as long as they are the same in the "before" and "after" configurations.
My first computer had a 486DLC. I had no idea at the time that it's close to a 386 and is a little slower than a 486SX-25. But I was in school and I had to take what my parents were willing to pay for. It would be fun to see what could have been achieved with a crazy CPU swap. I guess a board that could take an almost 486 could also take a Pentium Overdrive as in the article.