Quote Originally Posted by Donnie27 View Post
Very few folks on this forum care about AMD's or Intel top or high end models. The low to mid-range ones are more like to have more overclocking room so those are the most sought after models. That's something some folks tried to explain to at least one other poster here. Buying $1000 processors of any kind of defeats one of the main reason for overclocking, getting more for less Each new launch, buyers are looking for the Northwood 2.6C, Opteron 165, E6600, Q6600, E8400 and fill in the blank for Phenoms. Hell, look around the forum?

The WTF is for who is surprised by Intel wanting more for Nehalem? Without competition, should prices on the lower end models stay low forever? Very few here care anything about the top two or even 3 models. Most of the time, Intel has a much wider range of products so there is no pressure most of the time to buy the High end models. The only question is how long after the Money making high end processors will folks have to wait for the mid-ranged models that most folks buy.
Actually I disagree here. Just as you saw all the top benchmarks on the SkullTrail systems done with QX9775's I am interested in the top numbers I can get and to do that I need the top end cpu's
On the dual boards there is no way a 5420 with it's 7.5 multi will do what a X5460 will do with it's 9.5 multi.
Possibly 3375 with the 5420's but very possible to do 4275 with he same numbers with the X5460's..
Yea, you pay more but thats an additional 900mhz per core and there are 8 of them for an additional 7200mhz.
Besides, an 8 core machine at over 4000mhz is pure epeen..
I just had a 8 core X5482 Harpertown setup up to 3600 on air and God's truth, you wouldn't beleive the power in that bastage..