http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=ZYgjt71bzlh62Zk9
R3 has B3 stepping chipset, which has fixed SATA port issue.
Dont get confused with the revision number. the R3 should be referring to revision 3.0 of the PCB, not the chipset stepping

seems like sellers will not entertain for refund, swap to B3 is d only way.

Depends on sellers, few pages back someome successfully upgrade an Asus board ar LYP. Indirectly these sellers earn profit coz intial price for Asus mobos was much cheaper than current price lol.

Dont worry guys ur mobo will be swapped very soon.
According to distro branch manager, I will get the Giga B3 by next week. Full set of old mobo is required for the 1 to 1 exchange. Should be followed by Asus on 15/3.

Not sure how's the plan for Asus i will try to contact Alex from Build Tech later. When doing this swapping process be more careful on courier they use, just avoid Citilink as this courier service is well known for lost cases, Asus products. Ask distro to insure the parcel.

rumour also says that Z68 will be delayed to a big time due to the P67 recalls
i don't trust any of them and give it a pass..

that sticker isn't that important, the most important thing is the CPU socket cover must be put at the socket.

Pls refer to ur manual.


Same model/brand comes first, unless they don't hv stock on hand.

P67 is more than enuf for normal usage.

It is normal. it would be slightly higher than ur ambient/room temp.

I think he misunderstood ur question.
2 fans setup (push pull) is always better than single. look at this



Tuniq TX-2 TIM is good enuf, easy to apply and smooth

This post has been edited by owikh84: Mar 27 2011, 02:06 PM

yes, for sure it will reduce the temp.

less than 1 month from now, nice!
i loled at the comments BD vs SB

one is enuf, normally for PCI based sound card ie. X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro.
but since I'm using Xonar D2X PCIE right now, PCI is not needed anymore.

more pics...


price is rumoured to be almost the same as P67

This post has been edited by owikh84: Apr 17 2011, 07:36 PM

woot Msia getting it very fast !

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Added on April 23, 2011, 8:13 amnot orange but gold. I think pic was taken by lousy phone camera

This post has been edited by owikh84: Apr 23 2011, 08:13 AM

Looks kinda worse than stock cooler.
Reseat the cooler n replace the thermal compound if neccesary.

I think this statement is abit outdated after the launch of 2nd gen Intel Core series.
Nowadays there r bunch of games take advantage of multi cores.

The Gigabytes are just disappointment.
No VGA/DVI/HDMI/DP output, no Lucid Virtu etc... nothing more than just a P67 with new Z68 chipset.
Asus ROG anytime!~

Sounds good but let's hoping for Giga fix on buggy BIOS like what happen to P67.
The multilevel LLC is not working correctly and fake voltage readings.
The top PCIe x1 slot is stil blocked by NF200 heatsink which is plain useless.
Same PCB layout design as P67, Giga Z68 is more likely built by just desoldering P67 chipset n resolder with the Z68 chip.

This post has been edited by owikh84: May 11 2011, 08:15 AM

Some Giga Z68 boards are already avail in LYP since a few weeks ago.
Asrock ETA is on May 20th
Asus no news but expect some models like vanilla and Pro wil b avail within these few days.
MSI no news, May 13th?