All I can say is...WOW!!!
My Q6600 @ 3.3GHz has served me well, and I definitely expected some performance improvements from this CPU, but I wasn't expecting this! With 6 physical cores and hyperthreading, this thing is a beast. The Asus motherboard made overclocking this thing idiot proof. I'm ashamed to say that this is the first complex UEFI BIOS that I have worked with, and not knowing any better I selected "Fast" in the initial BIOS settings on knowing what it would really do. Without more than a single click the board overclocked the CPU to 3.93GHz. I haven't even begun to explore manual overclocking, which I'm guessing could push this beast into the 4.2GHz range without much work; VCore is only at 1.28 volts to support this!
I bought late enough to get the C2 revision. Was it expensive? Yes! Even with the $30 off at Newegg I still paid $570. Was it worth it? Yes! It took awhile because I was doing a pay-as-you-go rather than putting it all on the CC, but I am definitely pleased.
The Intel i7 3930K gets a big +1!!!
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