Was the bottlenecking bad gregster, iirc you were running a 2500k? I know that the 3930k has ht, (not sure if 2500k had as i skipped that gen). Does ht make much of a difference in newer games such as bf3? I remember testing with ht on/off on my 920 and i couldnt notice any difference tbh, albeit at 1920x1200 with 400 series cards that may have been a big factor.