Don't remove the cover from the backplate sticky foam! It's a major job to remove the backplate if you do. FWIW, I had to remove the backplate two times in the past month (defective motherboard) and didn't have any problems with it once I followed Scythe's instructions on how to remove it. Admitted...

Wouldn't the P35 chipset be better than the G33?? Or is newer not better? P35 isn't newer than G33, they're both the same generation. The only difference between G33 and P35 is that G33 contains integrated graphics card whereas P35 doesn't. I wanted to go with G33 myself for a similar config (two m...

Hi, I'm planning on building a new system with Q6600 after the price drop (this is a no-brainer, my typical workload parallelizes extremely well), but the trouble is, I need the new box relatively urgently and waiting until G0 stepping propagates all the way to retail may be a problem... So I'm wond...