I certainly agree with waiting now, especially since retailers are pulling listings anyway (Gigabyte stopped production and shipment of all 6-series boards, and has told their distributors/resellers to pull them off the shelves), but there's no reason you couldn't use the 6.0Gb/s ports. They're backwards compatible all the way down to 1.5Gb/s.
Testing my i5-2500K at 4.6GHz now. 4.5GHz was stable. My 4th core seems fairly gimp though--it needs more voltage to stay stable than the other 3. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Intel hit with chipset design flaw in Sandy Bridge rollout > > Stan, > I was going to order this kit. I did not. Sorta glad I got back on the fence. I > will eventually own a 2500K or 2600K that plugs into an Asus m/b. This > current glitch would affect me, I fear, because I would use ONLY the 3GB/sec > SATA ports. So, I can/will wait for the Step-C *Cougar > Point* chipset....... :) > May even wait for the Z68 business. > > Agree. A bios update will not fix this B-Step bug. It will be a chipset change > or nada burritos ATM! > > Just now, I am having way too much fun with my matched trio of C2D E8400's > on the Intel P45 chipset with the required DDR3 ram! > Best, > Duncan > >
