About to buy, some comments please

CliffyG

CliffyG

CliffyG

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Had a major system failure last night and need to replace all the main components. I will be keeping my 2 Spinpoint F1 1TB disks (which appear ok still), DVD Burner and Antec Sonata case. Figured i might as well do my graphics card too as i have an ancient 8800GTS. I'm well out of the loop of hardware these days so would appreciate someone to cast their eyes over my proposed spec. This is slightly more than i was planning but seems to be faily future proof and decent mid range spec. So here's my basket:

OcUK Motherboard Bundle - Intel Core i5 2500K & Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard £292.00

MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 3D Mark 11 £149.99

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) £119.99

Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W Power Supply £74.99

Thanks in advance :).
 
Considering i only had an x2 6000 cpu and 4gb ddr2 the whole thing should fly compared to how it used to be. Just hope my hard disks are working properly still.
 
Surveyor said:
If you can wait then the revision B3 Sandybridge motherboards are on the way.

May be a few weeks though.
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The only fix is with SATA 2 on ports 2 and above. I think waiting possibly weeks for a fix is silly if people need / want it now. Most people are now using SATA 3, therefore those ports are uneffected and you have 2 usable ports on SATA 2
 
Fernick said:
The only fix is with SATA 2 on ports 2 and above. I think waiting possibly weeks for a fix is silly if people need / want it now. Most people are now using SATA 3, therefore those ports are uneffected and you have 2 usable ports on SATA 2
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Like I said - "if you can wait".

If the OP can't wait then they can buy now. They'll just have to be ready to swap the board at some point in the future.
 
Surveyor said:
Like I said - "if you can wait".

If the OP can't wait then they can buy now. They'll just have to be ready to swap the board at some point in the future.
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From what I can see, no future problems will arise as long as ports 2 and above on SATA 2 are NOT used, even then. Under 5% of the boards are uneffected.

Surely if you used the SATA 3 ports, there would be no reason to swap the board in the future? Unless im missing something here :P

I'm sorta in the same situation, Meant to be getting a MB this coming wednesday. But have SATA 3 hard drive. Surely if i dont use SATA 2, i wont have issues with this board at any point?

I could be wrong, so if you could shed a light on it for me. I'm merely going from ocuk notes on it.
 
If you play it smart you could swap the board just before the warranty expires, get a new board that works and you receive a new warranty on this new board too!!!

so about 6 years for waiting depending on manufacturer.
 
stulid said:
If you play it smart you could swap the board just before the warranty expires, get a new board that works and you receive a new warranty on this new board too!!!

so about 6 years for waiting depending on manufacturer.
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6 years for waiting?

So im right in saying SATA 3 is uneffected then? I have no issues if this is the case buying an old revision board. But you say 'swap it for a board that works'? lol

I assume I won't run into any issues? things are looking vague for me and i just want it cleared up in plain black and white before i do go ahead also.
 
Fernick said:
From what I can see, no future problems will arise as long as ports 2 and above on SATA 2 are NOT used, even then. Under 5% of the boards are uneffected.

Surely if you used the SATA 3 ports, there would be no reason to swap the board in the future? Unless im missing something here :P

I'm sorta in the same situation, Meant to be getting a MB this coming wednesday. But have SATA 3 hard drive. Surely if i dont use SATA 2, i wont have issues with this board at any point?

I could be wrong, so if you could shed a light on it for me. I'm merely going from ocuk notes on it.
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No you won't have any issues if you don't use the SATA 2 ports.

But why would you want to keep a faulty product?

If you ever come to sell it you'll have no chance.
 
Fernick said:
6 years for waiting?

So im right in saying SATA 3 is uneffected then? I have no issues if this is the case buying an old revision board. But you say 'swap it for a board that works'? lol

I assume I won't run into any issues? things are looking vague for me and i just want it cleared up in plain black and white before i do go ahead also.
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SATA 3 is unaffected, its only ports 2-5 of the SATA 2, so 0,1 and if there is a 6th is unaffected.

Imagine in three years time just before the warranty expires on the faulty board, you exchange it for a fixed one, then sell this fixed board, if the buyer asks "any warranty left?" you can say " yes, all of it!! 3years:)"
 
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stulid said:
SATA 3 is unaffected, its only ports 2-5 of the SATA 2, so 0,1 and if there is a 6th is unaffected.

Imagine in three years time just before the warranty expires on the faulty board, you exchange it for a fixed one, then sell this fixed board, if the buyer asks "any warranty left?" you can say " yes, all of it!! 3years:)"
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As I thought. So no need to exchange the board down the line really... as I will never use port 2-5 SATA 2... Tbh, I hardly ever go beyond 1 hard drive anyway. Only time I'd go for 2 is for RAID. But even then it'd be SATA 3. No way in hell i'm ever going to use SATA 2 in this build. Let alone use the dodgy ports

The warranty thing is a cool and smart move. But I'm just in need of a MB this next coming week. No point in waiting for a fix on ports I dont use...
 
Not sure that replacing the motherboard right at the end of the warranty would work.

For example the MSI policy states "Note: Repaired, replaced or exchanged Product will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty".

It seems to be that motherboards replaced due to the P67 fault will have their warranties refreshed but I imagine this will only apply within a certain timeframe.
 
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For example the MSI policy states "Note: Repaired, replaced or exchanged Product will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty".
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But is that before this incident occurred? I can understand that if that statement is for everything else they produce, but this SB problem is a little different, and they would just past any costs involved back to Intel who from reports have put aside $1B for this.

Surveyor said:
It seems to be that motherboards replaced due to the P67 fault will have their warranties refreshed but I imagine this will only apply within a certain timeframe.
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Very sure I read somewhere that some manufacturers have added a little more warranty(about 1year extra) onto affected boards to give more time to swap.
 
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