Really intel? I don't want 10+ cores just to get reasonable PCIe connectivity. This is just another strike against these parts (after the lack of ECC). I guess

Really intel? I don't want 10+ cores just to get reasonable PCIe connectivity. This is just another strike against these parts (after the lack of ECC). I guess intel is trying really hard to protect their server parts, but they continue to gimp the high end desktop parts (as if the removal of multisocket isn't enough). I would really like to understand why intel tries so hard to not make a desktop part for people willing to spend a little more to get something that isn't basically an i5 (limited memory channels, limited PCIe, smaller caches, etc).