When AMD released the 'Lynx' desktop platform back in June 2011, our motherboard reviewer ran into some bad luck when overclocking the processor. When you get a new platform setup for the very first time you really don't know what to expect and it does take some time to learn all the quirks and nuances of a new processor and motherboard. When our motherboard reviewer, Dan Stoltz, reviewed the ASUS F1A75-M motherboard and the MSI A75MA-G55 motherboard we found that the AMD A8-3850 that we had wasn't a good overclocker. Some people think that AMD likes to send out cherry picked processors, but trust us that isn't the case.