Sandy Bridge Debacle: What It Means for You

[tuannguyen]

Hot on the heels of Intel's recall of its series-6 chipset known to everyone as "Sandy Bridge," we spoke to several motherboard and system manufacturers about what's going to happen for them, and their customers.

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[1ni3shi]

I guess this isn't the real problem with SB, the REAL problem with SB is it doesn't play Crysis.

 

[znegval]

Time for AMD to strike. It's now or never.

 

[rayvaughansucks]

Yes, please keep us informed of new updates. I was planning on buying sandy bridge in a few weeks...

 

[Snipergod87]

This debacle may cause some to switch over to AMD. It seems like Intel is handling the situation well at least.

 

[pacioli]

My Asus P8P67 Pro MoBo arrives at my house today from Newegg... Should I send it back or keep it?

 

[Guest]

This isn't too big of deal (for me my brother at least) since we made a system using the SATA 3.0 port... I am guessing many other builders have as well.

 

[bearclaw99]

So..can us Sandy Bridge owners just plug our SATA II devices into the SATA III ports until the recall starts?

 

[demonnn]

I just want a replacement free of charge when ever the new motherboards arrive. That will be nice. I'll never switch to AMD.

 

[AMW1011]

Wait until April? Ouch. I'll give Intel credit for manning up though.

 

[restatement3dofted]

[citation][nom]Snipergod87[/nom]This debacle may cause some to switch over to AMD. It seems like Intel is handling the situation well at least.[/citation]

Why? You think people will hold off for Bulldozer processors, which don't even have a firm release date yet, and are going to have the same sort of "early adapter" risk as the new Intel chips had? Or that they'll decide to invest in last-gen AMD processors? Seems unlikely.

Right now, AMD doesn't have anything to satisfy people that want new tech as quickly as possible. While this could obviously hurt Intel, depending on how they handle this setback and without a real alternative to Sandy Bridge CPUs, it seems people would be just as likely (if not more so) to wait until Intel takes care of the issue as they would be to decide to wait and see if Bulldozer delivers.

 

[wiinippongamer]

The perfect moment for AMD to bring their bulldozer

 

[bison88]

Awww man this is kind of disheartening 🙁. I was just planning to upgrade my MOBO and throw down some money for DDR3 and a Sandy Bridge chip. Now I'm going to hold out until I start hearing news stories with "All Clear -- Purchase Purchase PURCHASE!"

It's hardware problems like this that can severely cripple a good product and even have people pass over, switch sides, or wait for the next generation CPU "Ivy Bridge" possible later this year.

Now I don't know what I should do, I guess wait it out and keep my eye out on the progress.

 

[ryvin]

wow i was just about to hit order to...guess ill have to wait till march or so

 

[Guest]

Im curious like hell, what kind of error would cause the chip set to eat itself alive, is this planned redundancy gone wrong? i figure this can't be a material degradation issue because, well if intel doesn't know the best material to use for a chip set then there's no hope for sandy bridge. It's even more interesting that this is a cumulative error, how is it possible to have a cumulative error??????

 

[TEAMSWITCHER]

This industry has always been a pain-in-the-ass for "early adopters."

 

[rwmunchkin12788]

I guess I'll have to wait on buying a new system. This really blows, as I was just about to order one anyway.

Is there any way around the problem for the current stock. As in, can someone still build a SB platform without ever running into this problem.. or just plugging in to a different port?

 

[someguynamedmatt]

[citation][nom]znegval[/nom]Time for AMD to strike. It's now or never.[/citation]
Come on, Bulldozer!!! Where are you right now?!

 

[fxgranite]

Should I laugh or cry?

Just scrapped my 6 year old dinosaur for a new sandy bridge build on Friday. It's still in the mail:/

 

[rpmrush]

It only bugs 5% of chipsets! Stop freaking out. Buy if your ready. Performance degradation over time. It's not gonna blow up. And it's throuput performance at that. A cheap sata card will circumvent it if your one of the small %. NO BIG DEAL! Hell just buy a 6G/s (Sata 3) hard drive if your that worried.

 

[rpmrush]

And if you do notice and issue..it's a known issue and they will replace your board! So laugh and enjoy your new system : )

 

[Immoral Medic]

I'll still buy one in a couple months....."Sata 6 Gb/s ports are unaffected" which is what I use. So, yes it does suck for Sata 3 port users.

 

[oatmeal25]

[citation][nom]bearclaw99[/nom]So..can us Sandy Bridge owners just plug our SATA II devices into the SATA III ports until the recall starts?[/citation]
as far as I know that is the workaround. On Asus P8P67 boards the SATA 3 ports are white (aka gray).

 

[nforce4max]

Strokes my ancient 775 and AMD systems.

 

[eddieroolz]

I suppose I should tell my friend to hold off on a SB build.