My NEW sandy bridge build

[gonepostal31]

I have been waiting for a while two days after I ordered the recall happened. I know the problem is with the sata ports 3 GB. I am having no problems at all stock is 3.3(actual 3.45) not OC, my memory registered at 1642 I believe not overclocked. I have over clocked my ATI 5770 to 895/1290 system is very stable. Don't know if I should push anything right now with the recall out. What are your opinons everyone?😎

Here is my specs
i5 3.4 GHz (Sandy Bridge)
ASUS P8P67 Socket 1155 motherboard
4 GB G.Skill DDR-3 running at 1642 Mhz
ATI-5770 OC(GPU-895Mhz,DDR5-1300)
750 Watt PSU
Sata II 🙂 Hooked up to Sata III due to recall 🙂
Blue Ray Drive-16X
4-120mm UV reactive fans
1-80mm UV reactive fan
Total 9 fans

 

[fffblackmage]

Overclocking the cpu or anything else has nothing to do with the SATA controller, if that's what you're asking.

 

[flensr]

Overclocking the cpu or anything else has nothing to do with the SATA controller, if that's what you're asking.

Not quite true. Intel discovered the problem when running the chipset at higher voltages and temps than normal. The failure rate for a chipset running at specified voltages (ie. no voltage tweaks to assist overclocking) and temps (again not running the system hot due to overclocking) is still unknown.

I personally have more than 2 SATA devices hooked up inside my computer so being limited to 2 SATA ports would not work. As an alternative to returning the mobo, tigerdirect is offering an add-in SATA card as a partial solution, and that might be a whole lot less hassle than returning the mobo. Keep your primary drives on the 2 remaining good mobo SATA ports and hook up secondary storage, where absolute speed isn't critical, to the add-on card. That would probably work fine for me if I had an affected mobo.

I suppose the real question is how long you plan on using that mobo, and how many drives you think you'll want to plug into it. If you're going to keep it for a long time and have more than 2 drives, then it might be worth it to go through the refund or replacement hassles that will stretch out through April. If you replace your mobo every year or so, then maybe you can just make do with the limitations until your next upgrade.

That's what I think anyhow.