yea and that's scary.
i think i might have made a big mistake here, i brought too quickly, i should have got:- ............Intel 4820K 3.70GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011
i've got to test my rig soon, because all these posts are beginning to spook me
If you'd gone 2011 then your CPU options would have been vast. You can go 4 to 12 core on those. I just bought this for £110.

And I could easily drop in a 12 core if I wanted to pay £1800. Thing is? server CPUs drop in price super, super fast. Give it a year? I'll be able to pick one up for peanuts.