Quote Originally Posted by st0ned View Post
You are wrong the gain a nice amount in clock per clock vs SB.
This would suggest you are wrong. If you have a 2600k it stacks up quite nicely against a 3770k it would seem, not a lot of difference at all. In a nutshell 95% of people today want a fast, great performing, low power, low temp CPU. When IB hits it seems it won't meet any but one of those points. I'm sure given 6-12 months a new revision or two will remedy the issue but at launch? IB looks like it'll be a bit of a lame duck. Personally, given the choice between a 2600k and retail release of a 3770k, I'd pick the 2600k. The 3770k has too many shortcomings for my liking.