The Core i7-3960X and Core i7-3930K at $990 and $599 crushes the AMD FX-8150, hell the Core i7-2600K can easily beat AMD FX-8150 bulldozer. Would I ever pay $990 for a high end CPU from Intel No, if I had to build a system today I would pick the Core i7-2700K with the higher clock speed and still beat AMD FX-8150 over all the scores don't lie check out the Review from Maximum PC, Xbitlabs and Anandtech below. Listening to Maximum PC podcast and they there talking about HDD prices going up so I headed over to Newegg to be shocked, the Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 was $79 some where around there now there priced at $229 I could of got two for the price of one a month. The prices are that high now a 500GB would run you in $149 this flood in thailand is crazy.
Anandtech
Maximum PC
Xbitlabs
Thailand Flood Leads to HDD Drought
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB