[Chuchnit]

So when is this thing supposed to actually hit retail stores? I thought intel was good at having stores stocked right after NDA lifts?

[Gunslinger]

Retail 3/16/10

[Dentlord]

So the real question is are the retail b1 stepping a complete waste of money?

I know its the nature of the game, but it sucks that all the favorites get the es that kick major ass and get us all excited about the chip, then when it goes retail the rest of us get crap ($1100 dollar crap at that)

[Chuchnit]

Originally Posted by Gunslinger

Retail 3/16/10

That's NDA date for Xeon offerings too huh? Any word on what Xeons Intel is gonna release on 32nm? Let me guess..... all will be uber expensive dual QPI CPU's??

[Splave]

Originally Posted by Dentlord

So the real question is are the retail b1 stepping a complete waste of money?

I know its the nature of the game, but it sucks that all the favorites get the es that kick major ass and get us all excited about the chip, then when it goes retail the rest of us get crap ($1100 dollar crap at that)

AKA i670/660/661 again rofl not as bad at $300 though. Im diving right in head first. I will kill it/sell it if its major garbage.

[Chuchnit]

Originally Posted by Dentlord

So the real question is are the retail b1 stepping a complete waste of money?

I know its the nature of the game, but it sucks that all the favorites get the es that kick major ass and get us all excited about the chip, then when it goes retail the rest of us get crap ($1100 dollar crap at that)

Well if GT is like i5, it's not looking too good. Difference between ES and retail is HUGE these days. I'm like you; nature of the game, but these differences are just retarded.

Originally Posted by Splave

AKA i670/660/661 again rofl not as bad at $300 though. Im diving right in head first. I will kill it/sell it if its major garbage.

Lets hope that since it is $1000 silicon we are talking about that they did get the oc headroom back up close to or at ES samples.

[Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Dentlord

So the real question is are the retail b1 stepping a complete waste of money?

I know its the nature of the game, but it sucks that all the favorites get the es that kick major ass and get us all excited about the chip, then when it goes retail the rest of us get crap ($1100 dollar crap at that)

I ran into that with the QX9650, QX9770, 965XE cpu's

Made me decided not to buy XE cpu's anymore unless I was very sure of the stepping.

Just hang out a bit before you buy one, see what people post and make notes on batch numbers. Don't buy online unless they can give you a batch number.

[Dentlord]

Originally Posted by Splave

AKA i670/660/661 again rofl not as bad at $300 though. Im diving right in head first. I will kill it/sell it if its major garbage.

You are a brave soul lol

I was all ready to pounce the second I could, but after seeing what the b1 is doing, I wouldn't spend $300 on one, let alone >$1k

[Splave]

Originally Posted by Chuchnit

but these differences are just retarded.
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+1000

[Chuchnit]

Originally Posted by Buckeye

I ran into that with the QX9650, QX9770, 965XE cpu's

Made me decided not to buy XE cpu's anymore unless I was very sure of the stepping.

Just hang out a bit before you buy one, see what people post and make notes on batch numbers. Don't buy online unless they can give you a batch number.

Ok, enough posting Bill. Get back to building that SS