Quote Originally Posted by m^2 View Post
I didn't bother to search for turbo speed because it doesn't matter for the sake of comparison - you'd be pressed to find any workload where stock SB would win with a pair of stock X5698s and that was the point.
And whats the point in comparing a system to another system, whree the board alone costs more then a 2600K + board...

Plus the two 5698s won't be cheap.

So if you invest the same money in both systems I bet you could get either a SR2+2x5698 or a nice X58 board with a 990X.

And a 990X will be faster in some workloads @stock then 2x5698.