Firstly ++REP to the OP.

Cheers muchly for going through all this, I've been reading and reading on IB and this post is what the people who are in the market for a "K" chip should read (after all if you want a K, you want to push it right?). Kudos for the fine testing.
I've found conflicting points of view
here at guru3d and
here at expert reviews, 4.9ghz on air (unspecified noctua, prob a NH-D14 Id guess) @ 1.392v and 4.3ghz on the
intel stock cooler @ unspecified voltage respectively. The guru3d shows a max core temp of 89°c on core#2 but judging by their prime window .. ..after 6 mins only.
After reading this thread, these other reviews baffle me and I am again having trouble making sense of it all. Others have been moaning about a downgrade (although only in the context of this forum i.e. overclockability) and I think the smart person will wait - more data points needed. But all the CPU-Zs I've seen for the IB's show TPD 77W whilst the boxes are 95W if I am not mistaken. What is it actually ?
Maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick here but a good read this thread, will look out for more testing in the upcoming weeks.

XOR
Edit: Just found this at
Anandtech and it tends to agree with this thread - 77°C at 3.3ghz 1.25v - ouch!
Edited by -XOR- - 4/23/12 at 10:35am