ehh. figures

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osnola

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so over the weekend i bought a i7 2600k and a psu. the guy had a really good deal on a 1156 mobo for the sandy bridge but for some reason i didnt buy it. lucky me :)

now seeing that the sandy bridge mobo's are defective i am truly greatful i didnt buy it.
that being said... what should i do. i have a cpu that currently wont work with its dedicated motherboard and this weekend i was going to go pick up the video card, mobo, etc.

i also read that the new mobo's wont be out till april or may. is this true?

so i guess what i am asking is should i return the sandy bridge and get a 930? should i hold on to the sandy bridge and wait for new mobo, or should i just wait for ivy bridge... :confused:

i know its only the sata ports but still....
 
osnola said:
so over the weekend i bought a i7 2600k and a psu. the guy had a really good deal on a 1156 mobo for the sandy bridge but for some reason i didnt buy it. lucky me :)

now seeing that the sandy bridge mobo's are defective i am truly greatful i didnt buy it.
that being said... what should i do. i have a cpu that currently wont work with its dedicated motherboard and this weekend i was going to go pick up the video card, mobo, etc.

i also read that the new mobo's wont be out till april or may. is this true?

so i guess what i am asking is should i return the sandy bridge and get a 930? should i hold on to the sandy bridge and wait for new mobo, or should i just wait for ivy bridge... :confused:

i know its only the sata ports but still....
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It could be as soon as the end of February that they start getting shipped out, so you are talking Feb/march before you can get another, which isn't that long to wait really.

If it turns out to be longer, or if you would be happier to go ivy bridge in the long run, then yes, return it, but I would say do not, under any circumstances, go for a 930. For 1, a 950 is a much better option for the price, and 2, resale value and the life of them will not be anywhere near as long. You will get a system sooner, but it will not be a system that is as good, so you are, in the long run, losing out massively.

I'm not saying it will be a bad system by any means if you went 930 by the way, but it is worth the wait
 
thanks for the input.

its killing me though becuase the computer i am on can barely run tetris.:D

^no joke.

i have been waiting for a year to finally start building and then all these problems happen. :angry:
 
I agree don't go for 9xx. The performance/cost of the SB is much better.

If I were you I would run back to that store and see if you can get that MoBo.

You see you would have a working SB system while you wait. Everyone who bought a MoBo in question will get the new revised MoBo's at no cost.

Intel discovered a potential failure in the chipset. All MoBo's will not fail just some % that Intel decided is not acceptable. This failure did not present in initial testing. It is neither immediate or inevitable on any particular board. x# of boards will fail. I don't know if it is 1%/10%? I bet it is more likely any particular board will not fail. That is even more true if we talk about within a limited time frame.

I have said at least a few post before but I'll say it again. I am very happy with Intel's apparent willingness to get in front of this. That said pulling all the affected boards out of the supply chain has nothing to do with protecting us the public. It is a cost saving move intended to help them reduce expense. So those who have them are actually lucky. They currently have a working SB system that is unlikely to fail in the next few months. They will get 100% replacement when supply chain catches up.

I hope Aastii's optimistic time frame is correct but I think might be a little longer. February is when revised chipsets will go to vendors for testing. When complete if all good production starts then more testing. My guess even with Intel's optimistic goals. Mid/late March units enter the supply chain, early/mid April supply reaches stabilization. Consider any single unexpected issue could add days/weeks........ to these estimated time frames.

All you guys with packaged MoBo's open them up and build that system. You guys are not expected to get your replacements until May/June by Intel's own plan. Might not seem fair but the first MoBo's are going to retail to be sold then replacements are handled.
 
Really depends on you. If you only have two SATA drives and use the SATA 6.0 ports you wont have a problem at all. And its really only a small % on the SATA 3.0 ports that have a problem or fail. Then hope for the best getting a replacement board.

Your call!
 
This is not an imediate failure given the likely short time frame you will likely not have issue. Intel has even said current owners should keep using with confidence. This issue will not affect them in the short term.
 
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