Quote Originally Posted by wougoose View Post
Another option is one of the newer i7 Lynnfield's. They utilize two memory channels instead of three, which leaves 4x 2GB sticks an option for your 8GB total ram. Personally, I'll be getting an i7-860 and 8GB ddr3 1600 when I eventually click the checkout button

Anandtech Review: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=3641
Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115214
Sorry, but i5/P55 is just....ewwwww. (To me at least, it's a dead upgrade path, vs going 1336 i7 and having 12GB Ram (6x2Gb DIMMS) and gulftown CPUs (Six core + hyperthreading) coming out in the next year.