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Is SB dead in the water already?

Michaeljcox24 said:
so is it worth buying a sandybridge motherboard now, or wait till the new revisions come out?
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I have no problem with my existing, pre-announcement, SB setup and will wait patiently for whatever solution is eventually offered. But I have to honestly say that I think anyone buying now must be either nuttier than a peanut plantation or simply a glutton for punishment. Why volunteer to have to rebuild your system and go through an inconvenient RMA process again in a month or two?

There might be a case for buying a CPU now though. Prices seem to have drifted down nicely for some reason. :-)

Andrew McP
 
I think that some people are kidding themselves when they imply the SB fault this isn't a big issue. Whilst enthusiasts are often quite happy to swap out components so long as the RMA experience is smooth, your average end-user wouldn't have a clue where to start. Try and sell them Sandybridge in a way that informs them fully ("We'll want to take your PC away to change the motherboard in 2-3 months time, can't guarantee when you'll get it back but it should be quick.") and many will decline in favour of a different system or delaying their purchase. Even if there were no impact on customer confidence the logistics of replacing all those parts is daunting, making dealing with this fault a huge issue for OEMs and system builders.

However that's not to say the platform is dead in the water. There will be some knock-on impact on sales and reputation even once the replacement parts have been sent out, and with any luck AMD will have released a competitive product of their own, but SB is just too good for this setback to kill it off.
 
Andrew_McP said:
Why volunteer to have to rebuild your system and go through an inconvenient RMA process again in a month or two?
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well for some folks PC hardware is a hobby, ive had mine apart more times than i care to contemplate, so doing a like for like mobo swap is nothing. and secondly, you RMA when you want to, so in all probabilty, i won't bother RMA'ing till the end of summer, at the earliest.
 
VoG said:
well for some folks PC hardware is a hobby, ive had mine apart more times than i care to contemplate, so doing a like for like mobo swap is nothing. and secondly, you RMA when you want to, so in all probabilty, i won't bother RMA'ing till the end of summer, at the earliest.
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Same for me. I intend to buy a SB based system fairly soon, even knowing about the problems, because I'll be buying a board with 4 Sata 6GB/s ports so the 3GB/s ports won't even be an issue for me. I can then swap the board out at my own convenience, any time after the replacement boards are available. I quite enjoy doing system rebuilds anyway so I really won't mind having to do it.
 
What is with all the re-install talk? Windows won't notice the change if its the same board. Even if it did, you just activate again.
 
While I could put up with the hassle of the RMA/board swap process, I'm wondering if the early boards/replacements with fixed chipsets will have lower resale value over those produced later in the year (labelled up as Rev 2.0 or suchlike).

I know it's silly to worry about it with any PC hardware, but with Ivy Bridge, (and an updated chipset to suit) on the horizon, and AMD's offerings due around the same time as the new P67 boards, it does make me hesitant to order.
 
stylus pilot said:
While I could put up with the hassle of the RMA/board swap process, I'm wondering if the early boards/replacements with fixed chipsets will have lower resale value over those produced later in the year (labelled up as Rev 2.0 or suchlike).

I know it's silly to worry about it with any PC hardware, but with Ivy Bridge, (and an updated chipset to suit) on the horizon, and AMD's offerings due around the same time as the new P67 boards, it does make me hesitant to order.
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They supply you with a replacement board, they do not fix your existing one.
 
opethdisciple said:
With the whole Sata port fiasco which was recently announced, coupled with Intels mass recall, does that mean, that its a bad idea to buy a SB set up presently?
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Probably..... I just bought one today therefore, going on my past luck it is doomed!.

Seriously tho, i think the media have totally made what is an embarrassment and a costly ****-up for intel into something which it isn't.

I am not worried. Sandy bridge is fast, affordable and i think its here to stay for a few years at least
 
buy a Sata controller card, problem solved forever!!

I personally see this problem as a none issue. Motherboards are swapped out if you're unlucky enough to have a problem, and there's sata cards available for anyone who fancies just side stepping the onboard problem entirely
 
For pre-built PCs and laptops from companies like Dell and Lenovo it will probably mean the whole system will have to be exchanged:

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/workspa...-asus-to-offer-sandy-bridge-refunds-40091684/

Most people would not have a clue or even the inclination to be mucking around with the internals of their PC.

Luckily the problem with the Sandy Bridge chipsets was discovered relatively quickly! If not it would have meant a much higher number of desktops or laptops to be replaced as PC companies updated their ranges with Sandy Bridge processors.

ATM,it seems you still cannot get Sandy Bridge based desktops and laptops from companies such as Dell.

According to Anandtech allocations of the revised chipsets are first going to large OEMs:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4139/cougar-point-xps-l401x-i7-2630qm

It seems that most Sandy Bridge laptops have also been delayed until late March or early April.
 
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