Thank you for the honest input. I did some more research and the 965 route doesn't seem worth it. I have considered the 1155 route. I will be doing some video encoding but maybe not enough for it to matter... I have one person I know personaly that has his 2600k @ 5.5Ghz, so yeah, they got some wheaties for sure! Took him three processors before he found one that would reach it, so there is certainly some luck, or trial & error, to be had in that regard, but if I get it where he works, he said I could keep exchanging them until I found one that I am happy with... nice guy!... Then factor in the replacement plan if I happen to fry it...
I am usualy leary about getting techy stuff fresh off the cabbage truck, as it seems it always takes vendors a while to iron out the first few bios 'and I am not one who much enjoys headaches with non-functioning pc stuff.. Plus I'm not much of a gambler, as I tend to prefer "sure bets"... I was consideding holding out till persons, such as youself, start dumping their 1155 stuff, but there again I'm taking the luck of the draw.
I will check out the vid when I get a chance.