In an attempt to un-thread-crap:
1). Felix, it's all well and good that you got a CPU that you like and OCed it. Yay. Devoting an entire thread to an OC that didn't even involve a good bang/buck CPU isn't going to generate much interest as it is, and devoting the thread to an oft-maligned CPU like the P4EE . . . well, let's just say you should have seen it coming. I'd expect the same from some guy bragging about a FX-53(939) OC. Rather, I'd expect someone chiming in to say how their 3800+ or 3500+ OCs about as well and provides similar performance for less money. Or something like that. In any case, it's perfectly acceptable(albeit not the nicest thing in the world) for someone to respond to your OC results with results of their own. Whether or not this constitutes negativity is unimportant. Counter-bragging is not only allowed, but is practically encouraged by a thread of this nature.
At least you weren't bragging on a K6-3 OC. Ha ha. *ahem*
2). Ad hominem attacks suck.
3). I'm sure a discussion of the RX-8 and M5 would go very well in Off-Topic forum.
4). Tasque, the original FX CPUs were all socket 940 CPUs. Also, the FX-53(940) is practically the same CPU as the fastest single-CPU Opteron(Opteron 150). For all intents and purposes, when discussing the availability of motherboard features on Athlon 64 motherboards, the features on socket 940 boards should be considered, especially when FX processors are a major focus of the discussion. Not everyone runs their FX on a socket 939 motherboard.
Also, if encoding + storage + stability are your major concerns, then why are you using an EE? A Xeon rig sounds more up your alley, particularly a duallie with registered ECC RAM(stability counts, right?). The EE is counter-marketed against the FX, which is mostly a gamer/enthusiast CPU(even if there are non-gamer boards that will support the socket 940 FXs, making it potentially useful as a workstation CPU). The EE is, essentially, a gamer CPU. If I "had" to do tons of encoding, I'd go with Xeons, not with an EE.
5). Mloot(and others), people are jumping on Felix 'cuz he stuck his neck out. I'd expect the same from someone bragging on a 939 FX-53. Actually, I'll expect the same if/when someone gets an Athlon 64 4000+ later and brags about the OC on that. Sheesh. Look, ma, I bought a rebranded FX-53 with a clock lock! I am teh smart! Durr. Whateva.