Broken hearts for all you sandy bridge builders... RECALL

[jinkazama]

A problem requiring a "silicon fix" is bad news in the chipset business, and sadly that's what Intel is announcing. Its new Intel 6 Series chipset, Cougar Point, has been found to have a flaw, something to do with the SATA controller. Intel is indicating that the ports can "degrade over time," leading to poor i/o performance down the road. All shipments have been stopped and a fix has been implemented for new deliveries, but it sounds like recalls will be starting soon for those with this ticking time bomb silicon within. It isn't a critical problem right now, though, so if you own a Sandy Bridge Core i5 or Core i7 system keep computing with confidence while looking for a recall notice, but it is bad news for Intel's bottom line: the company is advising a $300 million hit to revenue.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/i...ments-stopped/

[Pikarya]

Its Intel, this isn't going to affect them much. They made a 2.3b profit last quarter of 2010 and its expected to keep rising in 11'.

As for the consumers, sucks for you.

[Akiyama]

Good thing I never ordered a full build.

[CoronA1979]

Its Intel, this isn't going to affect them much. They made a 2.3b profit last quarter of 2010

^

[Callisto]

Good thing I never ordered a full build.

Good thing I grabbed that i7-950 the week before these came out, lol

[Akiyama]

Good thing I grabbed that i7-950 the week before these came out, lol

Was trying to ask who asked about that, and remembered it was you, so yeah. Definitely, Haha.