Quote Originally Posted by schnulli View Post
what did u mean by that? CSI
Well, as you raise the speed of a Lynnfield or Havendale, you are also playing with the on die PCI-e controler as well in terms of heat and possably clock speed. It's just one more component that is being flexed that is not ment to be.

This kinda just ocured to me, but i don't know what lever we really have to push the mainstream stuff anymore anyway. There is no more FSB in Lynnfield or Havendale, so all the cpu frequencies are most likely taken directly from the clock generator. At least with Bloomfield, the QPI has a set frequency and the CPU probably uses a multiplier off that frequency to set it's final speed.

I have no clue how the chips will work as far as clock generation, but I believe the mainstream stuff will have very few levers to overclock if any. Overclocking may just become limited on Intel platforms to the extreme side of the line.