AMD vs. Intel

Puento · Post by **Puento** » 02 Feb 2011, 14:52

i WAS tempted to go 1155....

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 02 Feb 2011, 16:21

The biggest reason I wanted one was how well they OCed on just air cooling.

Puento · Post by **Puento** » 02 Feb 2011, 20:06

and the i5 2600k is dirt cheap and it performs extremely well in games!
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... ew-16.html

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 06 Feb 2011, 16:53

Has everyone heard about the P67 recall? Ouch.

Can't find any real news on it though.

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 06 Feb 2011, 16:56

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/cpu ... -products/

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/web ... responses/

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/cpu ... -products/

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/cpu ... -products/

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 06 Feb 2011, 18:51

I was busy throwing mollies in Cairo when I heard Intel wants to top the news headlines by admiting a $700 mil fault

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 06 Feb 2011, 21:05

I feel sorry for all the people who have already forked out money for this!

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » 06 Feb 2011, 23:35

And then people wonder why I always wait a year before I upgrade to new tech.

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 07 Feb 2011, 07:15

Hopefully revision 2 is smooth and 2011 isn't plagued by similar problems.

Post by **KillerByte** » 07 Feb 2011, 08:12

Mystical_Titan wrote:Has everyone heard about the P67 recall? Ouch. Can't find any real news on it though.

We had a news piece up last week.

It is NOT a recall. Intel has not issued a recall. Its merely set aside money to deal with the faulty chipsets as they get returned.

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 07 Feb 2011, 08:16

Well, that's what everyone is calling it, I only posted what I heard. Anyways, better to wait for revision two.

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 07 Feb 2011, 09:10

KillerByte wrote:It is NOT a recall.

intel.com wrote:Q: What is the process for returning opened or integrated Intel® 6 Series Chipset motherboards to distributors?

A: Intel is requesting that distributors accept returns from their customers opened or unopened (even beyond 30 days) if affected by this issue.
<..>
Q: I have a system affected by this issue. What should I do next?

A: There is no imminent failure, and your product should be replaced. Go to your place of purchase for more information in the coming days. Some retailers are continuing to gather details about the situation before responding to customer inquiries.

hard to tell the difference between "recall" and "not a recall" then... :/

Post by **KillerByte** » 07 Feb 2011, 11:06

You see Intel is facilitating the replacement of the affected motherboards, distributors and manufacturers cannot reject a customers desire for a swop out but this is not a "pull all the motherboards off the shelves and phone up all the people who bought them" recall.

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 07 Feb 2011, 15:17

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vid ... ,2839.html

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 07 Feb 2011, 15:59

Some dude gave my partner a quote on a P55 board with a socket-1155 CPU.

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 07 Feb 2011, 19:28

Mystical_Titan wrote:Some dude gave my partner a quote on a P55 board with a socket-1155 CPU.

Clearly, he lives in some parallel universe where you get SKT 1155 boards with P55 chipsets on them

Smilodon111 · Post by **Smilodon111** » 12 Feb 2011, 22:20

...did it come from matrix?

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 12 Feb 2011, 23:20

Well, he WAS wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses and kept saying words like concordantly and vis-à-vis.

Here's a review on one of the Asus cards I posted the other day:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-gtx5 ... ii-review/

Smilodon111 · Post by **Smilodon111** » 12 Feb 2011, 23:42

Mystical_Titan wrote:Well, he WAS wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses and kept saying words like concordantly and vis-à-vis.

Here's a review on one of the Asus cards I posted the other day:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-gtx5 ... ii-review/

a trenchcoat + sunglasses = sounds pretty creepy

i saw those 560's & i must admit - nvidia's on a roll lately....

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 13 Feb 2011, 16:35

I'd have loved to buy one. At a price of R2000 it was the ultimate card. ...and then SA pricing hit with R3000.

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 13 Feb 2011, 23:48

Still good value for money.

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 18 Feb 2011, 19:03

Smilodon111 wrote:...did it come from matrix?

Probably

.......you have to be careful when you buy from them, don't just buy what they recommend you to buy since it will be some rubbish Forsa or ECS mobo

Smilodon111 · Post by **Smilodon111** » 19 Feb 2011, 19:30

THE_STIG wrote:
Smilodon111 wrote:...did it come from matrix?
Probably .......you have to be careful when you buy from them, don't just buy what they recommend you to buy since it will be some rubbish Forsa or ECS mobo

dude - you must be using jedi mind possession on me.....i always agree to everything you say

get out my head!

Mystical_Titan · Post by **Mystical_Titan** » 21 Feb 2011, 12:22

ANOTHER GTX 560 review.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/palit-gef ... ic-review/

Palit makes very solid cards, but MAN, are they ugly!

THE_STIG · Post by **THE_STIG** » 23 Feb 2011, 18:02

Smilodon111 wrote:dude - you must be using jedi mind possession on me.....i always agree to everything you say get out my head!

Strong in the force am I

. Btw you are the only one who agrees with me.

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