I see.  So I did manage to overclock my ram to 1600.  And it was easy.  At bios I just choose the option 1600.  I think bios i can choose all the way to 2133.  But I'm happy with 1600.  No need to spend extra money for 1600 ram kits, haha.  Thanks for pointing that out.  No wonder my windows experience index shows the memory improve from 7.7 to 7.8, but I cannot verify if I did oc the ram from DDR3 1333 to DDR3 1600.

Ivy Bridge 22nm comes in 1H 2012

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Ivy Bridge 22nm sticks with socket 1155


SOS

then when every one is happy using SB
you here wait for Ivy

then come 2012 (that's is >1 years away)
news come leang out of another new architecture, just around the corner

then would you play the wait game all over again?

remember first half of 2010 can be Jan, Apr or even June 2012

Sandy Bridge Debacle: What It Means for You
07:20 - Monday 31 January 2011 by Tuan Nguyen - source: Tom's Hardware US

Hot on the heels of Intel's recall of its series-6 chipset known to everyone as "Sandy Bridge," we spoke to several motherboard and system manufacturers about what's going to happen for them, and their customers.


Source: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sandy-bridge...news-34912.html

An interesting rumor that I’ve heard is that this problem was caught by Apple during the testing of upcoming “Sandy Bridge” MacBook Pro systems. Is this true? Probably not. But I do believe that this will delay a lot of new releases by OEMs across the board.

msi gt680 kene jugak? planning to buy next month...

LOL..it's not that easy as plug and play yo. Many boards die after that.

somebody should let those poor potential buyers in trade zone know about this. also, yesterday at lowyat plaza, i still saw p67 boards selling like hotcakes. those poor guys...hehe

got some weird questions for early adopters here.. how come my H67 mobo only allowed me to used VGA instead of DVI (on board). i tried all sort of BIOS settings, but it still wont allowed DVI signal (E.g: blank screen).. is it my mobo problems?

Intel resumes shipments of faulty 6-series chipsets to OEMs with one specific condition
Reported by The OS Freak on Wednesday, February 9 2011 5:58 pm

Remember that whole hoo-ha Intel caused among OEMs, system builders and enthusiasts last week when it found out about the major blunder it made to the design of its 6-series Coguar Point chipsets? Well, it turns out that the chip giant has decided that decided to resume shipment of the affected chipsets to OEMs, but only if the latter fulfills a certain condition.

Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-resumes-...l#ixzz1DSja569m


As most would have already been aware, Intel's PR personnel were having the time of their lives attempting to perform damage control after the news of the defect in its 6-series Cougar Point chipsets was made public. Needless to say, this led to a abrupt halt on all shipments of the affected chipset. Until today, that is: the chip giant has just announced that it intends to resume the shipment of the affected chipsets , but with a catch.

Simply put, Intel knows that it has a reputation to uphold, and having to deal with hordes of angry consumers whose machines are experiencing premature hardware failures is definitely not going to do itself any favors for its corporate image. As such, the company has just announced in a press release that the affected chipsets will only be shipped to OEMs who are "committed to shipping the Intel 6 Series Chipset in PC system configurations that are not impacted by the design issue will be receiving these shipments".

This means that OEMs which want to make use of the faulty chipsets for their PCs have the responsibility of ensuring that the machines are configured in such a way its boards do not sport connectors interfacing the faulty Cougar Point part. Examples of such implementations include making use of the chipsets in 'closed' configurations such as notebooks, or in the case of desktop configurations, installing a PCIe SATA card to provide additional SATA ports.

Only when these conditions are met will Intel allow the respective OEMs to continue receiving shipments of the 6-series Cougar Point chipsets.

Source Intel

they said after 3 years degradation will occur. still has 2 years and the half. don't worry. no need to rush or become too paranoid