Yes I agree on that. I wouldn't even mind qualification samples in compatitions since they are exactly the same like retail and often even a lot worse (if I think about all the 4930K ES I tested )
I always don't understand why people would want to stay in a lower rank? If you already get some sort of support why would you stay in the extreme ranking and not just step up to Elite?
It's not the first time this happened unfortunately... His last posting on facebook was on 21st of July. So he is still around. Hope your public post helps to fix your issues.
I still have one 580 Classified here and two EVBots but one has the old EPower firmware on it and the other one the new EPower firmware. Would also like to have the other version to be honest.
I don't have it anymore unfortunately. The easiest way will probably to PM Jacob from EVGA. He helped me out last time
http://forums.evga.com/Profile/198220/
Intels said the golden rule for VRM is to have at least VCCIN = 0.4 V + Vcore.
My 4670K doesn't like low VCCIN at all. For best results I need 2,55 VCCIN
Both, Impact and Formula were released at the Computex 2014 press conference which should count as "released". Would wait for massman to confirm it tho.
Released does not mean available for sale or local availability.