SB Release Date (US)

[Edrick]

Is Jan. 5 the official release date for US sales of SB? I know this is when Intel will announce it, but will it be on shelves at the same time? Anyone in retail that would know for certain? I have not seen any pre-ordering available from any reputable retailer or any date for that matter.

 

[mav451]

I called my local MC - they said the 9th.

 

[Rifter]

i've herd the 9th as well as the soonest you will be able to walk into a store and find it on the shelf.

 

[BoomerD]

01/09/2011 is supposed to be the official "Release Date" for the Sandy Bridge processors.

 

[Edrick]

I just find it a bit strange that the "release date" would be on a Sunday. But I suppose it saves me the trouble of taking the day off from work.

 

[Nintendesert]

I'm curious as to when we'll start seeing widespread availability of the MOBOs, same day?

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

just jumped into my i7 920 for a main rig, this should last me a while - with no HDDs running and just the SSD i use only 99 idle watts

 

[Sp12]

I'm curious as to when we'll start seeing widespread availability of the MOBOs, same day?

They've been at Fry's for ~2 weeks.

 

[Castiel]

I imagine newegg has them and just has them restricted off the site.

 

[Zap]

I just find it a bit strange that the "release date" would be on a Sunday.

Not so strange for Intel. I believe all their quarterly price adjustments are on Sundays too.

 

[Castiel]

Not so strange for Intel. I believe all their quarterly price adjustments are on Sundays too.

Any idea when the NDA ends Zap?

 

[Nintendesert]

They've been at Fry's for ~2 weeks.

Nice. I'm more concerned with the e-tailers, Amazon and Newegg. Looking for the Asus P8P67 Deluxe, I see some people selling them, but not too sure on the retailer so waiting on the big names to come out with it.

 

[Edrick]

Was able to order a Gigabyte P67A-UD3P from Amazon yesterday. This is the first big retailer to offer it in the US (that I could find). It should be at my house on Thursday.

Still no CPUs available however.

 

[Castiel]

I'm guessing Friday or Sunday is when newegg will offer them. If they offer them friday its not like we can get them till atleast monday anyway

 

[nyker96]

I called my local MC - they said the 9th.

yes i also heard 9th, but who knows maybe some retailer might start pre-sales sooner than 9th, perhaps at a slight premium.