Looks overblown at this point. One reviewer received one board that had burn issues directly from Gigabyte. There's no evidence yet that this is widespread, and could even be a manufacturing/testing defect. It very well may be an issue, but one sample does not make a trend.
In semi-related news, I have a 2500K and P8P67 Pro en route. :) Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 1:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] [Blog] “Socket burn” is back with Sandy Bridge! > > I almost bought the UD4. I skipped 1156...what the heck is socket > burn????????????? > > On 1/17/2011 2:44 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: > > Might be wise to stay away from Gigabyte at this time if you're into > > extreme overclocking. > > > > > > > > http://www.techreaction.net/2011/01/14/blog-socket-burn-is-back-with-s > > andy-bridge/ > > > > > > > >
