Quote Originally Posted by dexman View Post
why not? it makes sense. XEs would work with boards based on only high-end chipset.
No it doesn't.

Intel's strength derives from its manufacturing excellence.

What's the MS for XE edition ? 0.01% ?

Does that warrant the following :

1.Different mask.
2.Mobos
3.Chipset.
4.Validation time.

The answer is obviously no.IMO , Intel would be pretty stupid to do that.