if it allows for greater clocks and stability, I say go for it - It's also nice to see that the P45 is becoming as recognised as the X48 for high-end status.

With my DFI x38 I have to learn how to do all that already. It takes a shit ton of time to try and get the exact GTL's because if you dont, the overclock is completely unstable. I couldnt even run word without getting a BSOD. I will say that for some lower to mid range overclocks, you dont have to mess with GTL's. At least I didnt. Im at 3.5GHz from 2.66Ghz 14hr prime stable. At 3.6 is where I have to start messing with GTL's.

This guy and myself over on DFI-Club were trying to get stable at different speeds and he spent more than two weeks and go no where with it. Pretty damn sad if you ask me. At this point, you might as well go back to overclocking with the DIP switches on the motherboard.

Here is my thread over there.

csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6301

I don't overclock. I like my CPU's at stock speeds.;)

lol most of those feature are already on current boards, and things like clock skew will sound familiar to those who oced the pentium 2 line of cpu's.

CDdude55I don't overclock. I like my CPU's at stock speeds.;)

I like my CPUs at stock speed and undervolted.

it's good if it can oc better

Plus, these are still a little while from production right, so the final product may be a tad different. And it seems to matter greatly what brand you have. My gigabyte p35 will do all voltages and timings and everything automatically if I want it to, while the DFI p35s apparently have many more options that must all be set manually for fine-tuning.

I would imagine the various vendors of the p45 will be the determining factor in how hard it is to oc, as is with the current situation.

an enthusiast cant have too many knobs to tweak.. it gives him something to do.. he he

trog