Well I finally purchased the Blood Iron for $120. There was a point that I wanted to buy the new Asus x38 but after careful consideration I decided to go the cheaper route. Basically I'm still using DDR2 with an e6600 so the blood is the better value considering the x38's are currently DDR2 models. Sure Gigabyte has an x38 with DDR3 1600 support, but I'm staying away from GB since my 965p-DQ6 (rev 1.0) still suffers from the cold boot issue. Also I really don't want to dish out for DDR3 yet... Though I'm a little nervous about the Blood Iron 4 phase PWM, it looks like it should do fine with dual cores from what you've all posted here. I'm going to put some RAM heatsinks on the PWM's just in case. Along with a better NB and SB cooler. Thanks for the great info on the Blood Iron guys! This should keep me busy until the Wolfdale comes around.