i think the whole thing was fine where it was, obscure hardware is available to all. no one made into a world wide comp or got anything because they benched some random CPU and mobo. the mainstream guys are still the ones in the lime light.
this was just brought on by pointjealosy
the same could be said that ill never have a pocket GPU whizz god that can solder some crazy card onto my titan so i can get 2000mhz core, ill never be able to compete with that and they are more rare then these obscure hardware chasers but reap the rewards of doing something that 99% of the community will never have.