Gigabyte has announced that they have begun shipping the totally redesigned Gigabyte 6 series motherboards featuring the new Intel B3 stepping chipsets to address the Sandy Bridge issue. Motherboards are expected to be available around 2nd week of March.
Easy to Know that it is a B3 Motherboard
The new B3 version Gigabyte 6 Series motherboards have been totally redesigned and renamed so that they can easily be distinguished from the older B2 versions through the signature B3 at the end of the model name. For example, the GA-P67A-UD7 has been replaced by the GA-P67A-UD7-B3 and the GA-H67A-UD3H has been replaced by the GA-H67A-UD3H-B3. The new model name is highly visible on the retail box, PCB, in the BIOS at start up and on applications such as the Gigabyte 6 Series SATA Check Utility and CPU-Z.
The new B3 version 6 Series motherboard packaging features a large B3 Stepping logo that users will easily be able to identify.
