@Bungral, would love to see your results but there is no rush in light of the big new on Intel yesterday (chipset issues)![]()
But hey maybe MSI will take the time waiting on Intel to improve this board![]()
@ OC3D do you guys know any intresting inside facts on the Intel issues ?
Well currently all stores and manufacturers have been advised to cease shipment and sales of all motherboards. The chip flaw is only affects the the controllers of the SATA 2 ports, which are the 4 3GB/s ports. Intel currently advises that all users have devices plugged into the SATA 3 ports, since those appear to be ok. However in the event you have more devices than the available SATA 2 ports, than Intel recommends that high traffic devices; such as hard drives, should be placed on the SATA 3 ports, while CD/Blu Ray drives should be placed on the SATA 2, since those tend to have less traffic. The problem occurs that the more you use the port, errors start to occur, what normally happens in the event of an error, the controller retry sending the information, this slows the speeds, but as time goes on the errors become more and more common, resulting in even slower speeds and potentially corrupt data, and maybe even failure.
So right now if you have a Sandy Bridge motherboard, plug the devices into the SATA III ports, however if you have too many devices, make sure high traffic and more important devices are in the SATA III ports, but it's best minimalize use. In all likelihood a mass recall would probably be initiated.