UPDATE:
I guess this thread will be alive for another month
1.
The latest happening is that the order I had placed with theitdepot was getting to late, and so I had to make a very tough decision of cancelling my order with them.
I noticed that the price of NZXT Phantom had changed on the very next day I enquired about that specific cabinet. It was 8.2k before I enquired and it became 8.3k after I enquired. The most baffling aspect is that the price rose exactly the day after I had enquired about the cabinet. That made me suspicious about the pricing of the components that they have on their web site.
The end result is that, I cancelled the order, after waiting for about 8 days(5 working days, precisely). At the time of placing the order, I was promised that the components that I ordered will be delivered in 3 days(plus or minus 2 days for shipping), when I placed the order, which was not the case.
I also would like to add that we, as forum members, should start a thread(and sticky it) about various dealers in India. The reason is that, I do not want other people to waste their time like I have so far.
2.
It seems that B3 stepping motherboards from Asus is available in India, but is not for sale. SMC has told me that they will be able to get the B3 stepping motherboard for me only by the end of this month. So the question is, is Asus in the process of replacing the boards that they have already sold and do not want to sell to any new clients?
I also sent a mail to Asus regarding my order with SMC, and so far they have not replied to me at all. Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Asus and speed up the process of getting my Asus P8P67 DELUXE?
It really is very annoying to wait with only half my components en route to me and the other half is completely available-but-unavailable(pun intended).