P5K Premium issue

[thefiddler]

Indeed MIS3, the problem on P5K Premium seems to be hardware related. I guess lots of people would have appreciated Asus communicating about it. Unfortunately they didn't, and people who have issues with their mobo's - and even some of those who don't - feel like Asus isn't concerned enough about their customers.

Actually, that makes me wonder why I should buy another Asus card to replace my P5K Premium. Honestly, I'd really prefer to go for another brand. :/




Sesdave, thanks.
I might consider buying such a card while existing new mobo's are maturing a bit more. I'm still considering Gigabyte's X38-DQ6 though, but I didn't make any decision yet.

[sesdave]

Indeed MIS3, the problem on P5K Premium seems to be hardware related. I guess lots of people would have appreciated Asus communicating about it. Unfortunately they didn't, and people who have issues with their mobo's - and even some of those who don't - feel like Asus isn't concerned enough about their customers.

Actually, that makes me wonder why I should buy another Asus card to replace my P5K Premium. Honestly, I'd really prefer to go for another brand. :/




Sesdave, thanks.
I might consider buying such a card while existing new mobo's are maturing a bit more. I'm still considering Gigabyte's X38-DQ6 though, but I didn't make any decision yet.

If you do end up buying the gigabyte make sure you still RMA the premium and sell the replacement on ebay as new- return of cash always eases the pain - lol!

[MIS3]

Indeed MIS3, the problem on P5K Premium seems to be hardware related. I guess lots of people would have appreciated Asus communicating about it. Unfortunately they didn't, and people who have issues with their mobo's - and even some of those who don't - feel like Asus isn't concerned enough about their customers.

Actually, that makes me wonder why I should buy another Asus card to replace my P5K Premium. Honestly, I'd really prefer to go for another brand. :/




Sesdave, thanks.
I might consider buying such a card while existing new mobo's are maturing a bit more. I'm still considering Gigabyte's X38-DQ6 though, but I didn't make any decision yet.

The problem is we really do not have much choices now.

Only Asus and Gigabyte came out with X38 boards so far and not even the whole lineup. For instance, I am thinking of Maximus Formula but the non-SE version did not come out yet. I do not plan to water-cool my PC and I am not sure if the SE version has adequate cooling in the North Bridge. The other good choice is Abit X38 QuadGT and this one has been delayed again and again.

Actually, I am really surprised of the lack of X38 boards from the other manufacturers. They should know that potential sales have been lost to Gigabyte and Asus because of the delay. Is it possible that all of them have production issues? Is it possible that they might skip X38 chipsets altogether and focus on X48? I read that the X48 chipsets is supposed to be available on Nov-4th from Intel (only the chipsets not the motherboard).

thefiddler: RMA your P5K-Premium when you still can. The fix may never come!

[sesdave]

yes - Iwouldnt bother with an x38 as the x48 is about to arrive http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments....=16497&catid=2. Just stick with the premium - get a card and then RMA it when the x48 hits the stores. Sell the x38 replacement and buy a nice fast x48 (unless you get offered a x48 as the RMA). Asus have to honour the RMA irrespective of a few more months as the board has a fault unless a cure comes up in the interim in which case you will have lost nothing anyway. I will probably sell my Premium with an e6850 and buy an x48 to run the quad if it gets good reports.

[thefiddler]

If you do end up buying the gigabyte make sure you still RMA the premium and sell the replacement on ebay as new- return of cash always eases the pain - lol!

Of course. Dunno if I'll sell it on eBay, but I'll find an arrangment to have a return of cash, for sure.

The problem is we really do not have much choices now.

Only Asus and Gigabyte came out with X38 boards so far and not even the whole lineup. For instance, I am thinking of Maximus Formula but the non-SE version did not come out yet. I do not plan to water-cool my PC and I am not sure if the SE version has adequate cooling in the North Bridge. The other good choice is Abit X38 QuadGT and this one has been delayed again and again.

Actually, I am really surprised of the lack of X38 boards from the other manufacturers. They should know that potential sales have been lost to Gigabyte and Asus because of the delay. Is it possible that all of them have production issues? Is it possible that they might skip X38 chipsets altogether and focus on X48? I read that the X48 chipsets is supposed to be available on Nov-4th from Intel (only the chipsets not the motherboard).

thefiddler: RMA your P5K-Premium when you still can. The fix may never come!

Well, according to news I read recently, it looks like the X48 chipset will be released in early 2008. Though, I also read on multiple computer related websites that for the moment, ASUS haven't got any motherboard based on chipset X48 being developped. Some manufacturers might not use X48 at all?

As for now, all we officially know is that compared to the X38 chipset, the X48 will support FSB 1600 and DDR3-1600, which most X38 motherboards are already supporting. If this is the only difference between X38 and X48, I guess most motherboard manufacturers won't use it at all, or will be using it in a few months without any advantages to it, but as an excuse to sell their boards at higher prices.

Yeah, I'd like to RMA my board as soon as possible, but I need to buy another one before, and I'm hesitating. Gigabyte doesn't speak of any new revision of the X38-DQ6 for now, but that doesn't mean they won't release one in a few weeks, or months... :/

yes - Iwouldnt bother with an x38 as the x48 is about to arrive http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments....=16497&catid=2. Just stick with the premium - get a card and then RMA it when the x48 hits the stores. Sell the x38 replacement and buy a nice fast x48 (unless you get offered a x48 as the RMA). Asus have to honour the RMA irrespective of a few more months as the board has a fault unless a cure comes up in the interim in which case you will have lost nothing anyway. I will probably sell my Premium with an e6850 and buy an x48 to run the quad if it gets good reports.

Ok, so the X48 might be coming sooner than I read during the last weeks.
Though, we still don't know if the X48 will really be better, or if it will only be more expensive :p

[sesdave]

Ok, so the X48 might be coming sooner than I read during the last weeks.
Though, we still don't know if the X48 will really be better, or if it will only be more expensive :p

It cant be any worse and I would have thought it will kill the x38 sales dead unless its initially priced out by the manufactures so the boards can co-exist for a period while they recoup their investment in the x38 and clear the stock from the shelves.
Intel X48 is essentially X38 chipset but cherry picked so overclockability can be further enhanced. X48 will also officially support FSB1600. The X48 is also to fix the EIST bug present in the X38 chipset that requires motherboard manufacturers to rework their X38 boards - so who will want to buy an x38 when these are available! As it is practically only a chip change on the existing x38 MB there shouldnt be that much price increase http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipset...016090317.html. $20 according to this - wonder how that will be refelected in the MB price.