Got my Asus Sandy Bridge mobo and i7 2600K on the way yesterday.  I emailed every last (reputable) vendor on the web until I found one that had sent all but two back. I got one and so did someone else. So I can't be of any help, but this is just a 'look at me gloat' post really.
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Feb 4, 2011 23:38
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It will only affect you if you use the 3gb/s ports and not the 6gb/s ports. Every if you do its a 15% chance over 3 years anyhow. :/
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Feb 5, 2011 01:10
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Just letting anyone that cares to listen know; The heatsink that comes with the i7 2600K is absolute garbage. It it smaller than the old Pentium 3 coolers and at stock speeds (3.8ghz turbo) with Prime95 running 8 threads it instantly starts to throttle because of temps (98C !?!). Buying a cooler with an i7 is a complete must if you don't want it running at 200+F during high loads.
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Feb 19, 2011 21:41
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I reseated it three times (first time was with the stock goo, second with AS3, third with ASC) and got the same results every time. Installed a new (huge) cooler master cooler and now it idles at 22C and never gets above 70c at 4.2ghz. Maybe a bad heatsink? I dunno.
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Feb 19, 2011 23:04
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