Mani, Robert - <Chips can run faster, with the same or better reliability, if they are kept cooler, specially in the temperature ranges that Kryotech keeps them at. That is just physics of semiconductors. You are confusing kryotech with an over-clocked system in which the reliability is indeed sacrificed.>
To get back to the point, Anand actually did not recommend the Kryotech system due to poor price/performance characteristics, unless the ~6% performance gain you would buy was absolutely critical.
He did present some overclocked system alternatives as recommendations for both Intel and AMD SKUs.
I can see Robert's point, i.e., recommending overclocked systems to CAD professionals seems rather dubious. However, Anand's site plays to the SKU hobbyist / enthusiast crowd, and not necessarily the IT
Buyer audience, or even the professional CAD engineering audience.
For example, maybe an overclocked system would appeal to students of CAD engineering, or a CAD engineer who is also an SKU enthusiast for a play thing at home.
I'm going to give Anand the benefit of the doubt w.r.t. to his system recommendations, by gauging his intended audience.
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