GIGABYTE Ships All New B3 6 Series Motherboards

The new sandy bridge chipset has proven to be cheaper to manufacture, so much cheaper in retail.
Although out performs all else. The biggest breakthrough for Intel in over a decade.
Also only Gigabyte mobos have usb 3.0 enhancements.
 

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Well as of this post Newegg now has 5 1155 motherboards on there page...2 Biostar,2 MSI and 1 Asus!! But the Asus is all ready out of stock!! It also says "open box" and if you check the pics of it there is not the B3 banner in the top right corner???
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
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Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (@[email protected])
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Asus Maximus IV Extreme LGA 1155 Intel P67
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I installed the stock 140mm case fan outside of case then installed the H70+ 1 of its 120mm fans inside case. Used the 2nd 120mm from the H70 to go in the Gpu tunnel.
230mm Front,200mm side,200mm top,120mm Gpu tunnel,120mm&140mm on H70.
Well as of this post Newegg now has 5 1155 motherboards on there page...2 Biostar,2 MSI and 1 Asus!! But the Asus is all ready out of stock!! It also says "open box" and if you check the pics of it there is not the B3 banner in the top right corner???

The ASUS is a Non-B3 return. I suspect that Newegg will pull it off the site, soon.
 
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Also only Gigabyte mobos have usb 3.0 enhancements.

Do you mean just for the 1155 socket? I have an Asus 1366 board with usb 3.0.
 

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Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E
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4GB / 6GB
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Air
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Yeah just for the 1155 socket for new sandy bridge chipset.
 

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Just saw a notice on a Newegg forum that the revision boards are trickling in. They have a few Biostar/Asus/MSI now, but not many.


Gigabyte and the bulk of Asus are supposed to be one to two weeks away from arrival.

Those who purchased boards prior to the recall will have first priority on the replacements.

You probably won't see the revision boards offered to the general public until Newegg has enough stock on hand to cover the anticipated RMAs, which of course will vary from brand to brand and model to model.

Some say that the old boards will eventually get a revised chipset and be sold as "re-certified" or "open box". That might work out well for someone willing to wait a while. Others say no chance of that because a prospective buyer may not be able to easily tell by eye if the chipset has been replaced.

Anyone who purchased prior to the recall should already have heard from Newegg by email about the recall. If you did not get such an email (I didn't), I suggest you contact Newegg customer service by chat so they can flag your account and make sure you are on the list for an RMA.

Otherwise, wait for a second email from Newegg telling you that your particular revised board is back in stock and available for RMA.

Looks like Newegg will allow "cross shipping"---you give them a credit card number, they ship the new board and a prepaid shipping label for the old board. If you don't send the old board back within 30 days, they charge you for the new board.

Or you can RMA through the manufacturer, but I imagine that would be a lot messier.
 

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Intel Core i7-4790
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G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
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Realtek ALC892
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
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Antec Solo II
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Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.

Hoo-haw!!

That is my model. I hope to be hearing from Newegg shortly regarding a swap.

Does anyone know if UPS will pick up a package at your house if you have a prepaid shipping label, or do you have to deliver it to their facility??

I think you can have them pick it up from your location. Buy the shipping online.
 

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Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / Intel Core i7 930
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Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E
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4GB / 6GB
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NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS / ASUS 1GB
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Whatever Dell gave me :-( / Onboard
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15.4" LCD / Crappy CRT
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Seagate 500GB SATA; 7200 RPM / Seagate 1TB SATA; 7200 RPM
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Last I herd, they will do it = for $10
 

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or do you have to deliver it to their facility??
You shouldn't have to go to their facility. There should be plenty of UPS drop spots near you, such as Staples. They take UPS packages..prepaid or not.
 

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Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
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Outside of the obvious performance improvements, I'm very interested in the EFI BIOS.

"EFI: BIOS control via a Graphical Interface with mouse controlled support featuring unparalleled control options, 2.2TB or higher native HD support, and Quick Boot features."
 

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OS
Windows 7 x64 / Same
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 / Intel Core i7 930
Motherboard
Intel 945 / Asus P6X58D-E
Memory
4GB / 6GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS / ASUS 1GB
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Whatever Dell gave me :-( / Onboard
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Seagate 500GB SATA; 7200 RPM / Seagate 1TB SATA; 7200 RPM
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N/A / OCZ Fatal1ty 550W Modular
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N/A / Antec 900
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Air
Mouse
Microsoft Presenter (Bluetooth)
Thanks for the clues on UPS.

I've also learned this:

Apparently, if you want "cross-shipping" at New Egg to exchange old for new, there will likely have to be some sort of a phone conversation between you and a New Egg customer service rep. Not sure why that is--possibly a security precaution to prevent fraud of some kind?

I guess if they get in 1000 model X replacement boards and had sold 300 originally, they are setting aside 300 for RMA and then putting the other 700 up for sale now to the general public.

New Egg customer service is under a heavy load due to this recall, so it may be that a brand new buyer may get a B3 board before many of the RMA customers can get a replacement. That seems to be what is happening as my replacement board is on sale but I have not yet heard from CS. No big deal to me as the current board is firing on 8 cylinders.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
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