I wouldn't be surprised if 890gx boards start showing up for sale stateside before the end of the week. I remember that happened with the 790gx chipset getting out in retail before the NDA was lifted.

I'm curious about the Asus M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 and how many total usable SATA ports it has. The pictures show 6 internal ports and a separate esata port. I know an additional chipset is being used for the IDE port, I wonder if that also provides support for the esata port.

just bought a new CM 690 II case that I was getting ready to transplant my existing system into. Now I think I'll wait and buy one of these boards as soon as they're available.