admittedly those sockets are of course high end sockets but surely an enthusiast is a person willing to learn and build a system to their personal budget, and in terms of the the lower end yes its cheaper and less features but i think its at least a starter level enthusiast socket, and don't want to say that everyone who can not afford to dump a grand on an Xeon setup or spend close to that on a higher end socket its crap, its not enthusiast grade etc i think that's a very narrow minded thought process, but i'm not here to cause trouble its my opinion anyone who would prefer to build there own pc rather than grab an off the shelf one is in my opinion an enthusiast, with an enthusiast pc.