Some processor prices are out for C-Zone.

Core i3 2300 - RM585
Core i5 2400 - RM609
Core i7 2600 - RM939

It looks like it's all over the place - techreport, engadget, techspot etc.

i can confirm that 1156 and 1155 can use the same cooler.

i was worried when i buy my 2400, then later i tried my geminII on it dosen fit, forgeting the fact that it only support 775. Later on after asking around i try my even older 212 plus and it fitted just fine, now the core on idea are around 16c, amazing how cool this proc can be.

addition:
h67 won't let you oc your cpu, only your memory. so, don't pair it with a K.

later z68 come, say wait for bulldozer/ivy bridge already.

this waiting game very mind boggling.

i know p67 wont ultilize it
i mean, it is so waste of resource while the gpu is there, but we cant use it for others purpose.
the gpu core is a quite big portion in the cpu

maybe they can enabled it for others purpose like parrallel processing or somtin else?

hybrid graphics means?
if the integrated graphic can works as cuda or physic then it will be great!

oWh. mine is 2600K, thats why i said the stock cooler is mendatar

No way to overclock ram alone?  I mean besides overclocking the CPU, can I also overclock the ram as well?  Say supply more voltage to the ram etc....

So what now?Buying a ddr3 1600 hyperx is not worth it?

guys, there are some case of dying sandy bridge due to oc which can last for few days , overclocker.co.uk has put on these oc guidance 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthrea...18227516&page=4

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so every single motherboard to date which supports sandy bridge is bad huh?

But what about laptop ones?

if they have 1 hdd and 1optical drive...
surely it'll use the two sata3 slots right?
so not affected?

should i get

GIGABYTE P67 UD3P for around 630 or
MSI P67 G55 for around 570?

tons of my friend said that mobo suck LOL...but im doing well for 4.0ghz . Theres no need to change in my opinion..right?

so its OKAY to buy a sandy-bridge laptop which the components ONLY use sata3 ports right?

coz laptop dun need alot of sata ports also... just optical+hdd rite?

Does this intel chipset issue affects laptop? my friend using acer 5750G

ok here some experience log from me

i hav a 2600k, p8p67 deluxe setup
and a RAID 0 2 x samsung spinpoint F3 1tb x 2 on sata II port
1 DVDRW @ sata II port and 1 x 1TB Caviar Black on SATA II
all my SATA III port are empty.
after 1 and a haft month (i bought my pc since/before it launch)
with 24hours 5 days every week downloading @ 240kb/s i notice quite a serious degradation upon 1month the first day i test my raid setup the sequential read min is around 155mb/s but as compare to latest test i carried out yesterday 13mb/s (sudden spike 4 times during the test). and my pc noticeablely "stuck" a moment when opening folders(even after restart).

so what i do is switch my RAID 0 to Intel Sata 3 port and WDCB to marvel sata 3 port
and i can conclude tat is obviously is the chipset issue not my drive degraded coz i obtain back a min of 160+- MB/s after i switch to sata 3 port,
so intel so-called 3 years time frame is highly doubted.

just sharing my experience. pls dun flame me ^^.

p.s
i going to refund my board on early of March hopefully Z68 chipset is launched.

thinking to upgrade to 1155 from 1156 now.

Im not sure its really worth the money.

my concern is that 1155 socket will come out with another successful proc like i7 2600k?

if i7 2600k is the last proc available for this socket, i dont think its worth. Intel keep changing socket will make the consumer burden.

still miss 775 era..