Your missing the point Donnie. They are not saying they are weak overclockers. They are saying these chips degrade fast without going to extreme voltages.

This combined with disabling core issue, there seems to be an apparent problem or weakness to these chips.

The comments in this thread are coming from people with years of OC'ing experience. If they are seeing a trend (or lapse in trend) then I am inclined to believe them that these are weak chips. This is not just from an OC'ing sense. If a chip degrades that fast from mild voltages being applied then that chip is going to die faster regardless in comparison to other chips from Intel.

And given the price tag along with this particular chip... that is unacceptable.

Capable OC is one thing. Chip degradation is another.