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Originally Posted by
NewHighScoreÂ
THanks a bunch for the link. I unsubscribed to Linus after a while got tired to seeing everything I can't have.
Man this board is pure SEX! especially for my black and yellow build. As far as I can tell the only differences between this and the z77a-gd65 are the supercharger bios button, the 6 pin PCIE power supplement, bluetooth, wifi and the SLi limitation. Kind of disappointed on the SLi limitation. Oh well I'll never run 3 cards anyways. I don't recall them talking about MSRP but they did compare it to the sabertooth which I believe goes for around 250.
The SLI limitation I was talking about in the video is that SLI requires a x8 electrical connection on the PCI-E slots for it to work (aside from the SLI license). Thus, a Z77 board with a x16/x8/x8 layout won't be able to support SLI in the third slot, as the Ivy Bridge CPU only supplies x8/x8/x4 when 3 devices are populated.
As to why we didn't add a PLX bridge chip... check out the PLX PEX 8747 board roundup from 8/22 on Anandtech. $280-350 for a Z77 board.
This board carries a MSRP of $219.99
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Originally Posted by
Sevada88Â
So I am guessing if someone happens to paint that yellow part black or red, it wouldn't affect cooling performance?
Heat sink or plate? Plate, no. Heat sink, yes, since it won't transfer heat to the air as efficiently. The heat sinks are anodized aluminum.
Not a big deal since you'd just heat soak the heat sinks anyway.
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Originally Posted by
SonDa5Â
I saw that.
$220.....
and it ships in 2-3 weeks. The launch of this MB is dragging out.
I read some where that this was supposed to be affordable power....
Amazon might be price gouging.
First shipments are already delivered to etail. 2nd shipments are arriving immediately after Labor Day, 3rd shipment is around 9/10. Total of over 1k units in North America before the 15th.
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Originally Posted by
xxbassplayerxxÂ
I believe it will be seen as "customer induced damage" and will indeed void the warranty.
Technically, no, but if you cause physical damage to the PCB, it most certainly doesn't help your RMA case.
It's kind of like putting on aftermarket wheels or tires or even changing the paint job on the car.... and then having it sent in for A/C repair. If you did your own work and messed up the A/C line, then warranty is void, but if the A/C fails because of something completely unrelated to your modifications, then it's fine.
The fine print is there to separate bogus RMA claims, which make everything more expensive for everyone in the long run. And trust me, regardless of how trustworthy an end user is, fraud shows up weekly.
Hit me up in pm if you can get me a hot deal. 
