What happened to asking for Intel CPUs to be compared at the maximum DDR5 OC speed the silicon is capable of? Where was your healthy concern for long term system stability?
I got no issues with overclocking anything. The consumers can do whatever they want with their products. If I myself buy a Raptor Lake based rig, you can be sure I will pair it with a DDR5 kit that is at least running at 6800mhz.
However, when a manufacturer intentionally tells launch reviewers to run their products out of spec, that could be problematic because it's portraying the product in a non official state.
What happens if some Zen 4 CPUs can't run their IF at 2ghz due to instability? Zen 3s optimal IF speed was 1900mhz if I recall, resulting in a memory speed of DDR4 3800 using 1:1 ratio, but not all could hit that speed:
What is your max infinity fabric on ryzen 5000? September 2021 edition
And AMD never specified reviewers to review Zen 3 out of stock. Reviews used DDR4 3200 with the IF set to 1600mhz. What changed with Zen 4 to make them deviate from established policy like this?