Friday, February 11th 2011
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Intel to Start Shipping B3 Stepping Cougar Point Chipset from February 14
Intel seems to have fast-tracked its Cougar Point chipset flaw rectification. The silicon giant claims that it will be in a position to start shipping B3 stepping of Cougar Point chipsets (Intel P67, H67, etc,) from 14 February, to OEM partners. According to the latest PCN (product change notification), number 110456-00 dated 2/9/2011, Cougar Point B3 will carry the following changes/features:
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Intel
- Revision ID will change from 04h to 05h
- BIOS Update (Revision 1.1.4 of the BIOS Specification Update and Reference Code)
- B3 stepping package is pin compatible with B2 stepping package
- Minor metal layer change from B2 to B3 improving lifetime wear out with no changes to functionality or design specifications
40 Comments on Intel to Start Shipping B3 Stepping Cougar Point Chipset from February 14
From the wording it seems there's still wear out, or is it just that there's always been this sort of thing and I've never thought/noticed before? Is it like SSDs, there's a wear out but even for the more extreme user it will 'never' present itself?
Any clarification would be appreciated!
I think most people here who heavily use their hardware don't keep anything long enough to notice any wear excluding maybe an overclock that becomes unstable after a year or mores use and the kind of people that would keep the same hardware for many years never really stress it and/or would not notice any performance decrease.
Hello Timothy,
The Asus Maximus IV Extreme motherboard I quoted you is actually $365.00 shipping included and no tax. It is scheduled to arrive 02/16/2011. The Intel 6 series boards are being updated daily I’ll keep you posted on any new developments. Thank you.
Sincerely,
xx
edit : guys, sorry for asking some thing off of topic but, can i overclock an i5 2400 ? i read some where that it does not support overclocking.
Tell you what, since he was honest with me and helped me out so much I say this because, he had to have made some calls to get this info, here is the link to his site. Pre Purchase away and make him happy he looked in to it for me, part of the overclocking community for a long time now.
Hello Timothy,
The Asus Maximus IV Extreme motherboard I quoted you is actually $365.00 shipping included and no tax. It is scheduled to arrive 02/16/2011. Direct link: esolsticeinc.com/maximus-iv-extreme-motherboard-p-625.html The Intel 6 series boards are being updated daily I’ll keep you posted on any new developments. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Eliel Ortiz
Phone: 954.625.7422 | e-mail: info@esolsticeinc.com | Website: www.esolsticeinc.com
I already pulled he trigger on a GA-P67A-UD3P because that was all I could find left right now.
I figure Asus has to be at the top of Intel's vendor list. But I guess the real issue is what kind of volume will they see and where am I in the queue. I wonder when Asus started asking people to register their boards for replacement.
Either way though, I'm hoping I'm in line ahead of the people who decided to RMA to NewEgg or whatever retailer they dealt with. IDK. Sucks no matter how you slice it.
www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2589
we should see 1155 chips and boards retailing by march 1st instead of april.
I also wouldn't be too keen on getting any of these first rushed fixes either.
I still haven't heard from Asus about RMA'ing my P8P67 Pro board which I registered with them a couple of weeks ago.
edit: 1155 chips are now on sale at newegg, so might the boards be following soon?