Holy Moly GIGABYTE miniITX H55N-USB3 rocking d i5 655K@4.9GHz 3DMARK06 on air cooling

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i really dont think that board can really handle much more than what ive done in terms of load and i doubt you will really see a board made to handle more load in MiniITX either

Thanks. My wallet screams no, but the insane person in my head keeps whispering, "go for it!"

One other question and I'll probably leave you alone at this point, ha!

Have you tried any xeons on this board? I know gigabyte's site doesn't list them as compatible, but I can't see a real reason why it wouldn't work. Just interested to see if they would work. I can't see it scaling better than your 875K, period.

I also came across this i7 variant intel, the i7-860S: Its 82w vs 95W

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41318

It appears to be out, but I have yet to see one. Have these popped up down there? I'd love to see if anything and be pulled out of this chip!

Thanks again for answering all the annoying questions I've been asking. Either way, I am getting this board. And no more for now... I'm too tired from all of this and it's past my bed time, lol.