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Stevey, I found this article which may give you some insight on why a 2 year old processor is still top of the line:
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel...eE-CPU-Review/

It’s no secret that Intel is readying processors based in its Haswell microarchitecture. The new chips are due to be released in the not too distant future and feature a number of noteworthy enhancements, including a much more powerful integrated graphics core. When Haswell arrives though, it will supplant current Ivy Bridge-based processors, which target more mainstream market segments than the product we’ll be showing you today. For the foreseeable future, Intel’s big dog remains Sandy Bridge-E, the monstrous six-core beast which utilizes the X79 Express chipset and socket LGA 2011.

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I think, if I get this right, Haswell micro-architecture is superior, but there's nothing out yet using it that's superior to existing sandy bridge processors.