The word is they will be released on June 11 of this year.  They will be called the FX series and come in 4, 6 and 8 core configurations.  These are the new AMD CPUs we talk about in the 2011 videos that will use the new AM3+ CPU sockets.  

AMD is targeting them to compete with the 2nd generation Core i5 and i7 CPUs that Intel released earlier this year.  There are no benchmarks for the FX series available so far.  Hopefully they will compare well to Intel's latest.  A price war would be nice.

The 2011 DVDs arrived ahead of schedule from the replication house.  Today we mailed out copies to everyone who had pre-ordered.  These videos cover all the hardware changes that have happened in the last year and barring some unforeseen changes show or talk about all the hardware that will be released in 2011.  Please continue to support us and get your copy today. https://www.homepcbuilder.com/buy-now.html

There are video card upgrades for most of the lists.  Prices for the components are mostly down.  Some of the RAM REALLY dropped in price.  The rest of the changes were made to replace discontinued parts.  

The socket 1155 motherboards are still very hard to come by after the recall.  Hopefully the manufacturers will get more of the fixed motherboards out to retailers soon.  When they do we will update a few of the lists to include the new motherboards and CPUs.  

The problem of faulty SATA ports on 1155 motherboards has been solved and new motherboards are starting to appear for sale.  Look for Rev 3, B3 or similar labeling in the motherboards description to make sure you are buying a fixed component. 

I just purchased a corsair series TX850 ATX12v power supply and am not sure how to install it with the fan down or up.   Can you please reply? Thanks..

Any place I can go to get motherboard diagrams, doing a school project on ATX, MicoATX,FlexATX, BTX and NLX

Maximum PC has 3 articles on the new video cards from Nvidia.  There is a first benchmarks write up on the reference card from Nvidia and two reviews of retail cards from Asus and MSI.

These cards are meant to challenge the ATI 6870 video cards, will cost around $250 and should be available within a week.  I want one.

Maximum PC Reviews

Nvidia's New GTX 560 Ti: First Benchmark Results Here

Asus ENGTX560 Ti DCII Videocard Review

MSI NGTX560 Ti Twin Frozr OC Videocard Review

Techpowerup.com Review

ZOTAC GTX 560 Ti

Sandy Bridge is the code name for the 2nd gen Core i5 and i7 CPU we just posted about.  Apparently a part of the chipset that goes onto Sandy Bridge motherboards is defective or will become defective over time.  There isn't a full list of motherboards that are being recalled yet.  If you recently purchased a new socket 1155 motherboard you may need a replacement.

Engadget.com

Maximumpc.com

You'll need a new motherboard (new socket 1155) and they take Dual Channel DDR3 RAM.  The motherboards are much cheaper than the first socket 1366 boards.  You can get a really decent motherboard for $150 to 0.  There are several models to choose from.  The 2500K i5 and 2600K i7 are the ones to get.  They are around $225 and $330 respectively.  

I'd go with the 2500K.  It is only .1GHz slower than the 2600K and will overclock to about the same speed. 4.3GHz is what most people are getting them to with the stock cooler.  4.5GHz or 4.6GHz with a better cooler.  The 2500K and 2600K are clock unlocked.  This means you just have to increase some of the voltages and increase the CPU multiplier to overclock them.  You don't have to mess with the base clock or make sure the other components don't get overclocked to far as you go along.  

We'll be updating the Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 overclocking videos soon to show overclocking one of the new Core i5s and i7s.  The videos as they are now are still very instructive so don't wait.  The process is basically the same. Slowly raise the CPU frequency applying more voltage as needed to keep the system stable.  The voltage settings didn't change so what is in the videos now still applies.

Here are some reviews of the new chips.

Anantech.com 

Hardocp.com

guru3d.com

pcmag.com