Just in case ppl are holidng out...only 6 months.http://lensfire.blogspot.com/2011/07/intel-pushes-launch-sandybridge-e-and.html

No problem for me. I'll wait Current SB processors and the Mickey Mouse sockets isn't my cup of tea.

Does that mean they will have to add another pin to the socket? :Big Grin: Cheers,- jahman.

Does that mean they will have to add another pin to the socket? :Big Grin: Cheers,- jahman.

856 more pins. Almost twice the pins compared to the LGA 1155 socket :Big Grin: :Big Grin: :Big Grin:

damn, I hoped to upgrade my core2quad to sandybridge-e at the end of the year as a christmas present for myself

early jan 2012, so not too far off from xmas