CplMOFO
The 2600K'sOC on air is way superior to what you can get out of a i7 950...
The 2600K OCed is way up there with the 6-core i7 980X....
For the 8x/8X crossfire /SLI setup, there is a difference in performance between this and 16x/16x, but it's within 5% in the worst conditions, so it's not worthy of being mentioned...but there is a very slim difference.... (never worth the price!!!!!).
Good stuff on the UNLOCKED 6950's nightmare!!!!
I'm getting a 2600K, a Noctua d14 Big mofo heatsink, a Gigabyte or MSI mobo with 8x/8x...2 x 4GB RAM sticks...I'll kep my Radeon HD5870 and 22" LCD monitor for this year....
That's if I'm not winning the lottery!
I'm giving my OCed Q9550 Quad to my daughter...she's spoiled...
well said with the 16x/16x difference
good choice of the hardware....
btw my 6950s are running stable with 6970 bios and 950/1450 mhz....