I wouldn't say he's obviously an overclocker just because he got a DFI board. Yes, they may be the best for overclocking, but a lot of people buy DFI although they aren't extreme overclockers or overclockers at all.
It's $334 USD? That's hardly as waste of money for a single core CPU, that is in the top 5 of all CPU's out there.
I'd much rather spend $334 on a top 5 CPU then buy a 146 Opteron and rely on heavy, "800Mhz - 1Ghz" overclocking to get the same performance. Plus the money that you have to spend in HIGH-END ram easily makes up the difference in cost.
OVERCLOCKING is good for some. May-be to get a little more out of a CPU. But, 800Mhz to 1Ghz? That's not realistic for most people.
Opteron 146 from 2.0Ghz to 2.8Ghz or 3.0Ghz...
right dude... how's he going to do that? The IHS mod? lol