Hm, the more I look at the realities, the more I lean toward the 2600k, since it's next generation and beastly powerful (sounds like even moderate overclocking can get it up in the 4.5-4.6 GHZ range). But it's only 4 core... I suspect when the 6 core Sandy Bridge units come out this fall/winter, they'll be frightfully expensive.

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