This is the RAM x2 and yes I was able to OC it to 3200ish. - it's expensive in AUS. Ram and Voltage is more important than frequency for sure. As I mentioned in the other thread some reviewers had 4.35ghz / 4.5ghz and their results were terrible. I do pass things on to some of the more well known people but they typically don't go back and change anything. Sometimes you get a shout out though which is fun

I also forgot about the soldered thermal interface.. mostly because I would delid if I was doing an extreme OC. Didn't have to with the 5960x as it was soldered anyway. A friend wanted to really push their 8700k, so I took it apart and we used Grizzly conductonaut then smooshed it back together. At stock and even a moderate OC there was only a 4c difference in thermals. It only makes an impact if you are going hard with it-- we pushed it to 5.1ghz and it was a temperature reduction of 10-16c (which stopped it from throttling). So while I think it's neat they are changing it up.. I don't see it being that amazing unless you really do go nuts. But hey, lower temps for no effort is still a win!

I have fixed the paging issue (for the most part). I also had a look into the CPU affinity when I manually set it in ISBoxer-- it doesn't set it up correctly in windows when you load the game. Turns out half the CPU is still idle. I mean look how it sees itself in windows lol

I don't think you'll be unhappy with whichever you end up buying. Just make sure it's a good deal for you haha. Both sides are performing well!
When the intel refresh is out i'll pick one up and do some fun comparisons.