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Ok, so I am rebuilding S.O.'s PC and its been awhile since I've been in the PC world.
"Back in my day we had to buy extreme edition processors to get an unlocked multiplier!"
Now it seems that this is no longer true? (as per following link)
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking/overclocking-intel-processors.html
Just clarifying that is the case, that you no longer have to buy an extreme edition to unlock multiplier?
If that is the case, why buy the extreme editions?!?!

PS, I did troll around google some, but either I am blind or I am trolling wrong because I can't find an up to date answer to this.
 
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Primarily? Getting Intel more money. If you're talking about the 3930k vs. the 3960x, it really does come down mostly to charging massively more for a marginally superior product. All Intel chips with either the k or x designation are overclockable.
 
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you need to choose an intel CPU with a "K" suffix, i.e i5-3570K, i5-4670K, i7-4770K, etc. nearly all of the extreme intel CPUs for the LGA2011 socket are unlocked, the exception being the i7-3820 which is partially unlocked. do take note of socket compatibility, if you've forgotten.

note as well, in case you plan to cheap out on it, you need a motherboard that supports OCing, usually identified by a "Z" or "P" prefix, i.e; Z68, Z77, Z87. while some of the more recent H87/B85 do support OCing, there are plans to wipe the feature out via an update. all LGA2011 boards supports OCing if i'm not mistaken.

on a final note; it is possible to OC a non-K CPU by increasing the base clock, but you WILL experience major system instability. hence, it's widely not recommended if you're looking for a working PC.
 
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Is intel switching towards the LGA2011? I've noticed the haswell's are mostly LGA1150?
 
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They pretty maintain two separate lines of processors (not counting their professional stuff like Xeon): the "consumer" processors, which are LGA 1150, and were previously LGA 1155 and LGA 1156, which vary from Pentiums and Celerons to quad-core i7s, and the "enthusiast" processors, which are LGA 2011, and vary from quad-core i7s to hexacore i7s, and there's speculation that octocore may be around the corner.
The LGA 2011 are designated as "[series]-E", such as Sandy Bridge-E (what we were on for quite a while), and the recently released Ivy Bridge-E. It seems to trail the "consumer" line by about a generation.
 
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LGA2011 is for the extreme/enthusiast market, LGA1155/1150 for the mainstream. just as the 1156 era co-existed with socket 1366, there's no switching whatsoever as they're meant to satisfy two different customer base.
 
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vary from quad-core i7s to hexacore i7s, and there's speculation that octocore may be around the
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