They are likely to send to notebook users which do not have Sata 2 port. I dont need to worry about that. or budget motherboard t hat dont have sata 2 port.

Anyway I am holding off for Z68. Free opportunity for me, then free extra 5-6 months warranty since it reset LOL?! thats 5.5years from my Sabertooth.

This post has been edited by billytong: Mar 24 2011, 05:37 PM

by going for the refund policy + mini top up, it shouldnt be problem. It just means I use my sabertooth for 6months for free lol.

This post has been edited by billytong: Mar 24 2011, 06:54 PM

Lol qft, I didnt even bother OC my 2500K too, nothing seems to use Sandy performance much unless video encoding, *still took 2 hours for FULL HD.

because in the future I might need to OC the CPU for extra performance when softwares picking up, and K version does not cost significant higher than the non K version.

right now having OC dropping ur CPU lifespan without benefiting it doesnt make any sense. There is no difference on gameplay between running Sandy @ 3.3Ghz + 570 on crysis 2, vs 4.6GHz

This post has been edited by billytong: Mar 28 2011, 10:32 PM

Agreed, but despite knowing the difference between those board are small, i actually bother paying RM200 extra(taking P67 pro as comparison) for the extra 2 years warranty on Asus Sabertooth. If Sabertooth is cost another further RM200 more I will not get it.

Since all my PCs have failed mobo first. I have 6 mobos failed on me on all my PCs lifetime(at one time I have 4 working PCs), all these are not OC b4, and 3 of them have failed right after 3-4years of usage which is just after warranty.

I think replacing the board with similar feature or buying a new PC as replacement its not gonna cost <RM200 if u plan to use for the next >5years. Besides buying a PC 2 years later can easily save u RM200.

And if Asus Sabertooth is really what Asus meant for reliability, I do wish to take this PC to 10yrs old. The last longest running PC I have was 8years without any parts failing until the mobo fail.

This post has been edited by billytong: Apr 17 2011, 01:24 PM

I must say I am lucky that P67 got problems, otherwise I wont be getting Z68 by trading in my p67 with almost zero cost. lol

Infact it is April now, by the time I change it by going refund policy @ May/June it is already half year. that means I get warranty reset also, new Z68 board with extra features + renewed warranty for extra half year with just a fraction more cost.

I really should be thanking Intel engineers for this mess up lol.

This post has been edited by billytong: Apr 18 2011, 04:09 PM

that has been puzzling me also. but until the board is out I will not jump to conclusion yet.

there are time that IGP are useful.

things such as ur card is down, you are a few weeks away from next generation card launch, but you cant wait a few weeks because you have got no PC. it simply doesnt make any sense to buy a temp discrete card to use a few weeks

It is not even touching the mid-end anymore. Any mid end graphic card can max everything in high resolution like HD 1080. SLI/crossfire is rather pointless these days. I can forsee Sandy bridge/Ivy bridge could easily last as long as 5years with Max setting up.

This post has been edited by billytong: Apr 29 2011, 12:20 PM

there are already games using quad cores, but the game requirements arent really pushing our PC hardware limit. I personally think the latest games Max setting should "at least" require a high end latest card/CPU for max setting @ HD resolution, but recently we arent even near mid end anymore. Back in those days a gaming PC normally last tops only 2-3years. Now u can even take a 5-6years old PC to play the latest game.

News said it is delayed to May 11. It is an unofficial news.

NO sabertooth Z68? wth!

not just that, it even include ur oldie grandma 1.44mb Floppy disk support.

to be honest considering the pricetag of that motherboard, it doesnt break the bank to add another simple feature on top of what the Maximus 4 had.

Seriously nobody care about the color theme. it is not like anyone gonna be staring inside the case for prolonged period.

to be honest generally it is a lot better to run a separate 60w Atom system than running a high end desktop idling.

570/580 probably idling about 80-100w on the card itself.

you might as well wait for ROG or may be AMD bulldozer b4 deciding unless u do not have a PC now, desperate looking for one because u cant live without 1.

yup agree running 33c-35c @ idle with Hyper 212+ isnt hard, just depends on how good the thermal paste and the skill applies.

1 fan that comes with Hyper212+

Lol thats like RM500-700 discount, enough top up for another tier GPU.