Quote Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard View Post
I disagree...partially. The 965 is essential if you are going extreme cooling. Above 220 bclk it's a crap shoot with every 920 out there no matter how good it is and how skilled the clocker is. The unlocked multi is key to getting 5ghz+ for serious benching.

that doesn't take away from the fact that on air or water, the 920, 940 and 965 are pretty much equals.
Yup, the Extreme edittions now are only really shine if you have extreme cooling.

THe QX9650 was a whole other ball park, cause at the time of its release there where some seriouse FSB walls for quads, 450mhz was very good back then.