I was in Honk Kong recently (7 days ago) and mobos were already available to buy ( I saw 1 model from Gigabyte and 1 from Asus - both were around 250$), Socket 2011 CPUs werent available at that time.
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I just saw this over at PC Perspective....from MicroCenter
•ASUS P9X79 PRO 2011 ATX $339.99
•ASUS Sabertooth PX79 2011 ATX $349.99
•ASUS P9X79 Deluxe 2011 ATX $389.99
When NDA will be lifted?
May I suggest to steer clear of the platform until the next CPU stepping? These are "broken" chips that Intel is flogging to you guys as "overclocker" parts. Beyond that, there will be a really limited availability and this could be in part why the prices are so high.
Also, the X79 chipset is a broken chipset that won't ever be "fixed" for the consumer platform, although the next revision should at least be better...
The NDA expires midnight tonight some local US time zone I can't remember.
Kinda interested to see if the semi unlocked 4c/8t can reach 4.2ish, if so it might suffice as the holding chip for either a second stepping 6/12 or ivybridge 6/12.
Check this price on the 3930 at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i7-...tofgamonlco-20
430 for a R4E
http://www.shopblt.com/cgi-bin/shop/...er_id=!ORDERID
if it's only 50 more than a R3E at newegg i'll buy it :up:
Why are people ignoring the fact that these are the botched batch, with limited #s? Its been all over this board and then some and people are still ready to drop $1000ish on a f'd up CPU and chipset that's getting a respin in 60-90 days.
READ THIS !!!!!
http://semiaccurate.com/2011/11/13/w...andy-bridge-e/
NDA is up at 12 PST, 2 1/2 more hours
Hi,
here is an italian review: http://www.techstation.it/hardware/a...nuove-proposte
http://www.microcenter.com/storefron...B_extreme.html
Current deals at microcenter is tempting me to buy it! I'm trying to hold out really hard, lucky my closest MC is out of stock.