Intel's Z68 Express chipset and its SATA 6Gb/s connections, CPU and  memory overclocking, and SSD caching capability weren't supposed to hit  store shelves until the 
eighth  of May. But, at least one Taiwanese retailer didn't get the memo --  or maybe it's just another instance of Intel's early 
far-east  distribution on the down-low -- because pics from across the  Pacific show a shiny new Z68 Express motherboard from Gigabyte can  already be had for the princely sum of NT $11,900 (about $407 here in  the land of greenbacks). That's quite a stack of cash for a place to put  your speedy Sandy Bridge CPU, but perhaps its expeditious performance  can be had for a more reasonable price once it lands on western  shores... or maybe we should just start saving now.