Quote Originally Posted by mikeyakame View Post
...but I've found a quad core running at 3.4-3.6ghz is much faster for compiling, encoding and even simultaneous drive defragmenting than a dual core even running at > 4.5GHz could ever be.

In other words if you don't need the full use of a quad core, you will probably see more benefits from a higher clocked dual core. It has nothing really to do with gtl or anything else, the VRM on the MF/RF struggles at 500MHz FSB for a quad core, so if 500Mhz FSB and up is your goal then either of those boards aren't suited.
The 1st quoted sentence seems to be totally the opposite of the next sentence?

(I have no experience with Intel duals -- went from an aging abused AMD 4800 to the quad in my sig. Just looking to see if I made the right choice).