Sandy Bridge SATA Problem:

[McRat]

http://newsroom.intel.com/community...mplementing-solution?cid=rss-258152-c1-264102

The first run Intel "Sandy Bridge" i7/i5 chipsets have a potential problem.

 

[C.C.Reed]

I've read that there have been quite a few failures when upping the voltage and overclocking.

 

[McRat]

This is a $700 million dollar boo-boo for Intel. Newegg has already started pulling stock.

It potential affects every single LGA 1155 motherboard, not just the CPU.

 

[Poltergeist]

DOH!

Glad I haven't bought one yet.

 

[McRat]

Looks like AMD stock went up a bunch.

But they also dropped the price of the Phenom II X6 1090T (3.2ghz unlocked 6-core) to $199 at NewEgg.

 

[jheyob]

The sandy bridge cpu's are back on newegg

Still waiting on a mobo though