Great write up.

I think gigabyte did the best implementation they could by giving the user the option of Turbo. This review has me wondering, if Intel developed SSUSB, why didn't they think ahead with their decision to put only 16 pci lanes on a Lynnfield cpu? At the very least they should release another version with 32 pci_e lanes for gamers; most of us don't really need tri-channel memory or any of the other minor benefits of bloomfield.