IN9 32X-MAX Is Pricey

[TJS]

Saw on another forum (think it was ABIT's) that Overclockers UK has the IN9 32X-MAX on preorder status for £199 with VAT. This is roughly the same price as the ASUS Striker. Color me silly, but I don't see ABIT making a lot of dough at that price, would've had me sold at $300. As it is, the EVGA i680 mobo looks good, it's available, it's affordable, and tomorrow it's mine.

TJS

$5 says an ABIT mobo that's has an i680 chipset but along the lines of the AW9D non-MAX sells like hotcakes.

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye you might be right with the non Max. The Abit board should be good, looking forward to seeing how some of these babies perform

 

[TJS]

Oh, I have no doubt the IN9 32X-MAX will beat the Spam out of any other 680i mobo. And a sweet little touch I liked was the CMOS reset switch on the back I/O panel... now that's something all overclockers said,"Yeaaaah, baby...". It's got a lot going for it, even better than ASUS's ROG mobos; but so damn late to the party that most of ABIT's potential customers (like me) will opt for a mobo that's out (like the EVGA), or the price will scare off buyers (like me).

TJS

Edit: Oh, yeah, the release date was Jan. 8th if I recall Overclockers UK retail site correctly.

 

[hotlips69]

Any news on this motherboard as it's now approaching Mid-January and no sign of it yet?

 

[FarFarAway]

Abit are keeping schtum

 

[hotlips69]

Why do you say that?

What do you know?

 

[BUFF]

Abit are keeping schtum

OcUK are saying that they will have stock tomorrow

 

[FarFarAway]

Aye well it wouldn't be a first for OcUK to release it before it was meant to be but having said that abit are a little less than forthcoming about the release date tbh

 

[BUFF]

must be close though as Scan have gone from phone for price to having 1 listed

 

[FarFarAway]

So they have and damn me if it isn't dear

 

[BUFF]

Scan's price is still £20 cheaper than OcUK & it's still cheaper than a Striker despite now having a PCI-E WiFi card as part of the bundle.

Me, I'm a value rather than extreme overclocker & I can't countenance these £200+ mobos (even though I can easily afford them) which give you an extra couple of % at 300% of the cost.

I've bought an Asus P5N-E SLI 650i mobo for £75 delivered (I'm told that abit's 650i SLI mobo is still a way off).

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye wasn't saying about SCAN's price, just the price in general. Both the Abi and the Asus are well OTT on pricing and even the RD600 DFI board is pretty dear (though I willingly pay more for a DFI)

 

[BUFF]

at least with the abit you're getting some value added with the PCI-E WiFi card - I guess without it it would be £200 & of course it will get cheaper as supply improves.

Hopefully abit will also do a version later without the WiFi card for those who don't want it.

 

[FarFarAway]

Aye - if I wanted WiFi I would have one already tbh. At least it's a PCI-e card not a stupid module like they put on the Asus boards

 

[hotlips69]

A few other sites also lists them:

http://www.tekheads.co.uk/s/product?product=606628

http://www.gsquared.co.uk/acatalog/Socket_775_Intel.html

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductInfoComm.asp?ID=25543

http://www.vadim.co.uk/Abit+IN9+32X-MAX+nVidia+680i+(1333+FSB+Conroe+ready)

Has anyone seen them on any other sites??

 

[BUFF]

Now in stock at OcUK

 

[FragTek]

Now in stock at OcUK

OOoooh, gonna hafta check USA and see where I can get one.

You know of anywhere that it's in stock in the USA Buff?

 

[BUFF]

Sorry, no.

TS is usually real quick on posting info in the abit-usa forum when stuff appears somewhere in the US though.

How about a nice AB9 QuadGT to replace that P5B that died?

You have those already & we don't get them until next week.