Nice. I will have to wait. Some places I see it to launch in Aug others Oct. I hope Aug.

Yes, 22 but with Turbo enabled is actually 23 :D

it all depends on batch really 3845/3846 is best D0 batch so if you can get either w3540 or i7 950 with such batch good chances for gem clocks.. w3540 first batch was 3845 while i7 950 were 3851 so as you can see results skewed in favour of w3540 as a better overclocker but i've also seen i7 950/975 with 3845 do just as well as w3540 :)

I picked the 9-fiddy.

This is a super tricky question, batches are hit and miss.....and I haven't seen more than 100MHz greater headroom on the Xeon....doesn't make for a much better score overall....then you figure bot population and the 950 almost seems better.

I have been trying to decide for a long while myself and see very little harm in waiting. I also don't see the w3550 being any better than the w3540 as the
24x multi is borked.

If you are going for HWBOT points you need both ;)

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had a 950, it was decent 5.3ghz valid, 5ghz 3d benchable. I think it just wanted more cold than I have. Couldnt justify the $$ so I sold it

Do you finally decide?:)
If you have patience, you can wait for i7 960.....they are very tempting!:D

w3540 if you can get that magic batch