Quote Originally Posted by JumpingJack View Post
I don't defend it, i think it sux as much as the next guy but I am also not so closed minded I pretend not to understand why companies do the things they do.

Intel does not make their money with xtremesystems.org, they do not even make the most volume of their revenue with DIY boxed processors but they do make money with the guys that would be part of xtremeOEMsandsystembuilders.org that is who they are trying to sell the bulk of their product to in the first place ... they are offering unlocked skus which is fine by me. I won't participate in skt 1155 any way, I will only go for skt 2011.... those won't be BLCLK locked from what is understood on the net.
This is interesting and baffling in a way.
If for the sake of argument the upcoming Intel SB cpu's can't be overclocked they'd have to be a heck of a lot more powerfull clock for clock than the Westmere cpu's to just compete true?
I mean why in God's name would I spend the money to upgrade to the next platform if I could get more computational power from the one I own now?
Now I've seen Intel make one huge mistake recently( Becktons done on 45nm vs 32nm) which I couldn't understand.
I hope they don't make two mistakes in a row.

On a personal note they will have to make one hell of a dualie platform to match what two westmere's can do today on a EVGA SR2 board.
That board/chip combo may hold top honors for longer than anyone expected.