So, anyone still dismissing the TIM issue? Its an absolute catastrophe. I knew it would be the instant I heard about it. Just read Tom's review regarding temps. A high end AIO water cooler is the bare minimum to avoid ridiculous temps under load, at *stock frequencies*. A high end custom water loop crapped out at 4.6ghz, meaning it could not manage temps at 4.6ghz. That means in order to actually have temps that aren't absolutely frightening and irritating to look at, you must run the chip either stock or lightly overclocked, perhaps 4.3ghz. You will still have ugly temps under load when actually using all those cores.
Those hoping for a best of both worlds chip regarding single and multi core performance have been kicked to the curb, all thanks to Intel's rushed, hyper paranoid premature release of these chips and their completely hilarious decision to use thermal paste on a $1000 CPU. Don't even worry though guys, you can still TEAR OFF that heat spreader and direct die cool that sucker. If you can afford a $1000 CPU, I guess according to Intel you must not care about voiding warranty anyway, right? What a sad joke.
EDIT: I must add, this 10 core's thermal performance has me very excited to see just how much of an overpriced train wreck the 12-18 core parts turn out to be! This is exciting folks! Actually, those chips have to be soldered. There's no way around it. None.