Don't forget hyperthreading too. If all you are doing is single or double-threaded gaming, you'll never notice it. If you do rendering, transcoding, or any other well-threaded work, the extra money is worth it.
I suppose they did do it intentionally, but I don't have any anger about it for one single reason: they also released very affordable unlocked chips too. For $30 more than the 2600, you get an i7-2600K that can easily top 4.5ghz without major headaches. This is no different than Chevy...
Wow, I had almost the exact same system and problem:
My system:
Gigabyte P67A-UD4
Intel Core i7-2600k (at stock speeds at the time)
2x4GB Corsair XMS DDR3
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (at stock speeds)
WD 1TB Caviar Black
Same issue too--periodically the system would freeze up. No blue...
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