Intel speed-bins 1000 i975 CPUs for Extreme OC Performance

Intel was the undisputed king of overclocking for almost three years now and AMD changed that with the introduction of Phenom II, clocking it as high as 6.45 GHz on public events. Verified CPU-Z database show the highest clocked quad-core at 7.1 GHz and you've guessed it right, it's Phenom II again. This fact doesn't sit well with enthusiastic engineers at Intel performance labs and their answer is no less than around a thousand speed binned i975 units that Intel will use in various events and sell to selected crowd in order to overtake AMD off the highest spot.