Quote Originally Posted by Bobsama View Post
True, which is why binning such as this exists. Some will be 100% error free, and just crippled to meet demand. Others will have severe issues, which will lead the end-user to just disable it again. It's still just a $120 chip and a $100-110 motherboard, and will provide a significant upgrade for a lot of people. And the enthusiast knows this and decides whether or not to try this. If it succeeds, free extra core. If it fails, you still got something fast.
Not to mention you still got craving for 4 cores, so sooner or later you will buy bigger brother X4 chip.
This is great marketing move, costly but great