And with the stories about how RMAs are going with Intel right now, I definitely wouldn't willingly walk into that situation even if I could stomach the down ti

And with the stories about how RMAs are going with Intel right now, I definitely wouldn't willingly walk into that situation even if I could stomach the down time. From the outside looking in, it seems like Intel doesn't have the resources to RMA all of these CPUs and are throwing up roadblocks to either slow down or stop the bleeding. I'd expect retail purchases to get the most screwed in that situation since Intel will want to make their larger customers right first.