Reaction to P/H67 defect - What will you be doing for new builds?

[=Wendy=]

Is anyone else getting the feeling that Z68 will sit somewhere between P67 and H67 and will not be the premium LGA1155 chipset?

I will elaborate.
Take a look at the I/O panel on a top of the range P67 board, such as the Asus P8P67 Deluxe. You will notice that the back I/O plate is full.
So where will they put the HDMI, DVI, and VGA sockets?
Will they sacrifice features in order to fit the display ports?
Will they place some stuff like USB and eSATA onto breakout cables and a bracket?
Will they place the display ports on breakout cables and brackets?

My guess is they will sacrifice some features on the I/O panel.
Also, since there is already onboard graphics, will Z68 have so many PCIe x16 sockets as found on the top of the range P67 boards?

I just get the feeling that Z68 won't be an upgrade to P67, but rather something that sits between P67 and H67.

 

[IGemini]

Is anyone else getting the feeling that Z68 will sit somewhere between P67 and H67 and will not be the premium LGA1155 chipset?

I will elaborate.
Take a look at the I/O panel on a top of the range P67 board, such as the Asus P8P67 Deluxe. You will notice that the back I/O plate is full.
So where will they put the HDMI, DVI, and VGA sockets?
Will they sacrifice features in order to fit the display ports?
Will they place some stuff like USB and eSATA onto breakout cables and a bracket?
Will they place the display ports on breakout cables and brackets?

My guess is they will sacrifice some features on the I/O panel.
Also, since there is already onboard graphics, will Z68 have so many PCIe x16 sockets as found on the top of the range P67 boards?

I just get the feeling that Z68 won't be an upgrade to P67, but rather something that sits between P67 and H67.

Simple answer: fewer USB ports. The P8P67 Deluxe is pretty overloaded in its I/O arrangement and P67 isn't a good reference in general for guessing what Z68 will be like. I imagine the Z68 will be primarily uATX/mini-ITX.

H** boards have been doing this for a while though they're predominantly uATX boards, and not all of them include all three display adapter types. Z68E will probably be the ATX version and include no more than 1-2 video outputs, if any at all. Most high-end ATX boards probably don't use all of the ports anyway.

 

[Rebel44]

Waiting for socket 2011

 

[bunnyfubbles]

It's laughable that you think the problem is overstated. Who would buy a new motherboard with any missing or defective ports? I wouldn't even touch a used one at half the price. Most boards I've seen have 4 of these 3G ports (not meant for esata) and 2 6G ports. D:

I bought one after the news and don't regret it. I'm currently at 4.8 and pushing for 5GHz on my i7 2600K vs. the "meager" 4GHz I was stuck with before with my i7 930. I'm actually using the 3G ports while I move data around as a backup in case they do go bad on me before 3 years . USB 3.0 and NAS more than make up for lack of storage in this main rig.

And since I went ASUS, I'm just going to excercise the replacement program they'll have in place when new boards are in where I'll give them my credit card info so they'll send me a new board and when I return the defective one they'll take the charges off.

I get to have the heads and tails faster rig now all while having very little down time when I swap out for the newer board.

Is anyone else getting the feeling that Z68 will sit somewhere between P67 and H67 and will not be the premium LGA1155 chipset?

I will elaborate.
Take a look at the I/O panel on a top of the range P67 board, such as the Asus P8P67 Deluxe. You will notice that the back I/O plate is full.
So where will they put the HDMI, DVI, and VGA sockets?
Will they sacrifice features in order to fit the display ports?
Will they place some stuff like USB and eSATA onto breakout cables and a bracket?
Will they place the display ports on breakout cables and brackets?

My guess is they will sacrifice some features on the I/O panel.
Also, since there is already onboard graphics, will Z68 have so many PCIe x16 sockets as found on the top of the range P67 boards?

I just get the feeling that Z68 won't be an upgrade to P67, but rather something that sits between P67 and H67.

no, Z68 should be just as good but no worse than either chipset. If some manufacturer wants to create an uncompromising high-end board they can always max out the I/O ports on the back panel and add even more with expansion brackets. Many higher end motherboards already do this with the soundcard or by offering an expansion for extra USB ports or for Firewire which is rarely used by PC users.

My P67 board already has a redonklulous number of USB ports, 8 x USB 2.0 on the back and 2 x USB 3.0, and that's not including two e-SATA ports of which space could be saved by converted them into an all-in-one USB/e-SATA ports like I have on my X58 board.

On top of all those ports (plus sound/LAN/firewire ports) I'd wager there's still room for a DVI port on my board. Squeezing in an HDMI port on top of that might be hard but it would be pretty easy to lose some other port and get by without it.

Sticking with the best and most stable high end platform available. X-58 ftw.

P67/H67 is not unstable, the only thing seriously wrong with it is that the SATA3 controller might possibly degrade in performance with time and perhaps stop working, but it is not unstable, the data on those drives will be fine.

 

[Twsmit]

My guess is that most Z68 boards will have Displayport /Mini DP and HDMI . Using passive adapters that will cover pretty much any dual monitor configuration using up minimal space.

 

[pechinko]

I was sitting on the fence between a ud-4 or Asus Pro, (my 2600k was in transit from the U.S so I figured there was no rush to pick out a board right)? Then the news about the potential recall hit, so I immediately picked up the Asus Pro (and an Asrock Extreme 4 just in case). Waited for my chip to arrive and finished my build 5 days ago. So glad that I did. It's a ridiculous good set up once you get past the learning curve (and flash to a better BIOS). Could not be happier.