quad core BD + decent mobo is possible, but for 8 cores monster, i doubt so. chip itself will eat up almost 75% of ya budget...

i'd say marketing department need to bear some responsibilities on this "huge" disappointment. they created d hype which made some ppl thought that BD would be Intel slayer. for those who closely follow AMD in recent years, they should know there's no way AMD can close the performance gap (let alone slayin Intel) with Bulldozer, which is something totally new if compared to previous gen. The marketing guys shouldn't labelled BD as FX series thou, coz FX still hold a special status in some AMD fans (or most), & when reality hits, it sure pains more.

undeniably BD is a let down, personally d power consumption (when overclocked) surprised me d most. but d things are here, so either i go blue camp or i just bare with it. no one is committed to use one brand of chip only, so it's always up to d users to choose what suit themselves d most. it amuses me to see some even go to d extent like having breakup with gf (those swearing they'll never buy AMD again) because they feel cheated. for me, i'll just stick around for a 'lil longer (since I've ledi got an 990FX board & doesn't want to go thru d hassle of changin board & chip). whether BD architecture could be foundation for better product lines in future is remain to be seen. fingers crossed & i'll keep reminding myself to stick my feet on d ground regardless what being "advertised" next time.

no doubt d management should bear most of d responsibilities. that's what they're paid to do & they failed miserably. i'm interested to see how can they change d things around. i'm not expectin huge changes but improvement is a must, & they need to come out with something fast coz as mentioned d gap is growing marginally wider ledi.

gettin one, yes, but oc d hell outta it, i doubt so.