Quote Originally Posted by ap4lifetn View Post
the mainstream chips won't have QPI and triple channel DDR3 right? only dual?
yup for Lynnfield and Auberndale, only Bloomfield and Gainstown get fancy, but if anything, the QPI on Bloomfield is just another possible bottleneck between the cpu and graphics+I/O. It doesn't , but this is just an example of why the Bloomfield platform was specifically targeted for the high end users who want dual graphics and the ability to tweak where the Lynnfield platform is much much more sensible for business and home users who would use quad core cpu power.