Conroe Motherboards

monkeypants · 4 Jun 2006 at 19:56

To prevent a huge wave of people asking whether their board will support Conroe, or whether a board they are going to buy will support Conroe, I have taken it upon myself to list (well, steal a list from XS) the boards which support Conroe.

SIZE="3"]Intel 975X Chipset[/SIZE]

Abit

Fatal1ty FP-A9D - ATX - Not available
AW9D - ATX - Not available
AW9D-MAX - ATX - Not available

Albatron

PX975X (not 100% sure) - ATX - Don't know if it's available

Asus

P5W DH Deluxe - ATX - Not available
P5WD2 WS Pro - ATX - Not available
P5WD2-E Premium rev 1.3 (not 100% sure) - ATX - Available but not rev 1.03G

DFI

Infinity 975X/G - ATX - Not available

Foxconn

975X??? - 975X + ICH8 - ATX - Don't know much about the board

Intel

D975XBX "Bad Axe" rev304 - ATX - Available but not all are rev 304
D975XBX2 "Bad Axe 2" - ATX - Not available

MSI

975X Platinum H PCB v2.0 - ATX - Available but not rev 2.B

Intel P965/G965/Q965/Q963 Chipset

Abit:

AB9 Pro - P965 - ATX - Not available
AB9 - P965 - ATX - Not available

Albatron

PXP965 - P965 - ATX - Not available
PXQ965 - Q965 - ATX - Not available
PXG965 - G965 - ATX - Not available

Asus:

P5B - P965 - ATX - Not available
P5B Deluxe - P965 - ATX - Not available
P5B-V DH Deluxe - G965 - ATX - Not available
P5B BM - G965 - micro-BTX - Not available
P5B VM - G965 - micro-ATX - Not available
P5BQ-V - Q965 - ATX - Not available

Biostar

TForce P965 - P965 - ATX - Not available
IG965 Micro - G965 - micro-ATX - Not available

ECS

P965-A - P965 - ATX - Not available
P965T-A - P965 - ATX - Not available
PX1 - P965 - ATX - Not available

EPoX

EP-5P965 GLI - P965 - ATX - Not available
EP-5P965+ GLI - P965 - ATX - Not available
EP-5P965-J - P965 - ATX - Not available

Foxconn

Q965????? - Q965 - micro ATX - Not available
G9657MA-8EKRS2 - G965 - micro-ATX - Not available
P9657AA-8EKRS2 - P965 - ATX - Not available

GigaByte

GA-8I965G(-Pro-RH) - G965 - ??? - Not available
GA-8IBGNBX-RH -G965 - pico BTX - Not available
GA-965G-DS4 - G965 - ATX - Not available
GA-965G-DS3 -G965 - ATX - Not available
GA-965GM-S3 -G965 - micro-ATX - Not available
GA-965GM-S2 -G965 - micro-ATX - Not available
GA-965QM-S2 -Q965 - micro-ATX - Not available
GA-965P-S4 - P965 - ATX - Not available
GA-965P-DS4 -P965 - ATX - Not available
GA-965P-DQ6 - P965 - ATX - Not available

Intel

DP965LT - P965 - ATX - Not available
DG965OT - G965 - µATX - Not available
DG965?? - G965 - ATX - Not available
DG965RY - G965 - ??? - Not available
DG965MQ - G965 - µBTX - Not available
DG965SS - G965 - micro-ATX - Not available
DG965PZ - G965 - ATX - Not available
DQ965GF - Q965 - µATX - Not available
DQ965CO - Q965 - µBTX - Not available
DQ963FX - Q963 - ATX - Not available
DQ963?? - Q963 - µATX - Not available

MSI

P965E Neo - P965 - ATX - Not available
P965 Platinum - P965 - ATX - Not available
G965MB-DH - G965 - BTX - Not available
Q965M - Q965 - micro ATX - Not available
Q965M-DO - Q965 - micro ATX - Not available

Most of the P965/G965/Q965 based boards will be available by the end of June.

Other Intel Chipsets

Abit

IL9 - 946PL - ATX - Not available

AsRock

775XFire-eSATA2+ - 945PL - ATX - Available, but it don't know it it's the right revision
775i65G Revision 2.0 - 865G - micro-ATX - Available, but it don't know it it's the right revision
775i65PE Revision ? - 865PE - ATX - Available, but it don't know it it's the right revision

AsRock motherboards that do support Conroe have 'Conroe' printed on their PCB

EPoX

EP-5GZ946-M - 946GZ - mATX - Not available
EP-5GZ946-MJ - 946GZ - mATX - Not available
EP-5P945 GLI - 945P - ATX - Not available

Foxconn

946GZMA-RS2 - 946GZ - mirco-ATX - Not available

GigaByte

GA-946PL-S3 - 946PL - ATX - Not available
GA-946GZ-S3 - 946GZ - ATX - Not available
GA-946ZM-S2 - 946GZ - micro-ATX - Not available
GA-8I945PLGE-RH - 945PL - micro-ATX - Not available
GA-8I945GZME-RE - 945GZ - micro-ATX - Not available

ATi Chipsets

AsRock

775Twins-HDTV R2.0 - ATi Xpress 200 - micro-ATX - Available

DFI

Infinity CFX1150/G - ATi RD600+SB600 - ATX - Not available
LP UT RD600-T2R/G - ATi RD600+SB650 - ATX - Not available

ECS

RS600T-M - RS600+SB600 - ATX - Not available

EPoX

EP-5RC410-MJ3 - Xpress 200 -mATX - Not available
EP-5RC410-M3 - Xpress 200 - mATX - Not available

nVidia Chipsets
nForce 5 intel edition info

Asus

ASUS P5N32-SLi SE - nForce 590 SLi - ATX - Not available

DFI

LP UT NF590 SLI-T2R/G - nForce 590 SLi - ATX - Not available

ECS

ECS C19-A SLI V3 - nForce 570 SLi - ATX - Not available

MSI

P4N SLI V2.0 - nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition - ATX - Not available

I'll keep it updated as the original changes. If I miss something, give me a prod and I'll get myself in gear.

Mikey1280 · 4 Jun 2006 at 20:09

Good stealing monkeypants, I'm sure this will be useful for many people.

Voy06 · 4 Jun 2006 at 22:30

Well its certainly been useful for two of my buddy's already so thanks Monkeypants.

OV3RCLOCK3R · 4 Jun 2006 at 23:11

Thanks for that monkey. I vote sticky

easyrider · 5 Jun 2006 at 11:14

you are a clever monkey arn't you

Great Post!

easy

Trix · 5 Jun 2006 at 13:48

Very useful info. Thanks.
Saves me from having to search around.

warnea1984 · 6 Jun 2006 at 07:03

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/06/nvidia_intel_nforce_500/

This maybe of interest nvidia next line of nforce 500 motherboards for intels is on show at computex this year, check the link above for news, basicly same chipset as the am2 model but support for intel cpu's.

Jimbo Mahoney · 6 Jun 2006 at 09:37

Good work Monkey.

Teknodeamon · 6 Jun 2006 at 11:45

nice one, makes it much easier to make choices!

kyhoola · 6 Jun 2006 at 12:02

The new gigabyte p965 boards are supposedly available within the next two weeks according to my local retailer.

One of them takes quad core cpu's when they become available...

bbreezeuk · 6 Jun 2006 at 13:11

kyhoola said:
The new gigabyte p965 boards are supposedly available within the next two weeks according to my local retailer.

One of them takes quad core cpu's when they become available...

here you m8 the p965 one http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2770&p=7

BillytheImpaler · 6 Jun 2006 at 13:55

I'm looking foreward to the Bad Axe 2. Isn't it the Bad Axe that's being used in most of these jaw-dropping benchmarks?

split · 6 Jun 2006 at 14:17

BillytheImpaler said:
I'm looking foreward to the Bad Axe 2. Isn't it the Bad Axe that's being used in most of these jaw-dropping benchmarks?

Looks like they modded it or is that an earlier Bad Axe revision? (non 2)

^TANK^ · 6 Jun 2006 at 15:43

warnea1984 said:
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/06/nvidia_intel_nforce_500/

This maybe of interest nvidia next line of nforce 500 motherboards for intels is on show at computex this year, check the link above for news, basicly same chipset as the am2 model but support for intel cpu's.

Oh thank god!!! :cool:

warnea1984 · 7 Jun 2006 at 08:43

I heard on the grape vine that the bad axe motherboards do not include IDE, can any one confirm this ? Seems a bit odd as there still arn't a large number of sata dvd drives, maybe blue ray and hd-dvd drives will all be sata, will have to wait and see about that thou.

split · 7 Jun 2006 at 13:27

See here (tho thats not a 2)

The floppy drive port connector is conveniently located on the edge of the board along with the 24-pin ATX power connector.

The Intel SATA ports are conveniently located below the ICH7R chipset and to the left of the primary IDE connector.

Looks like just the one.
Thinking...I didn't think all SATA optical drives where bootable.

Things change I've changed · 8 Jun 2006 at 14:42

My Conroe Compatible Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX (REV 304) has been dispatched and arrives tommorow :cool:

, I've not been this excited in ages

, also it looks like the D975XBX (REV 304) will even support the up and coming quad-core Kentsfield cpu's, rarrrrrrrrrrrr.

"Currently, the Intel D975XBX (Bad Axe 1) rev. 304 boards out there can support the upcoming Conroe and even the quad-core Kentsfield since the board is based on VRD11 design guideline and both processors work fine with VRD11. As for thermal envelope, Conroe is 65W and Kentsfield is 95W. There is something down the pipeline on Intel Desktop Board roadmap that revealed D975XBX2 codenamed Bad Axe 2, the successor to the current D975XBX. We got to know that this board is specially made for Kentsfield where optimizations are done especially on the system bus to enhance performance. Seems like it will be the top choice board for Kentsfield before Bearlake chipsets with ICH9 come along in Q2 2007. We can expect this board to be available in Q4 this year."

Enthusiasts would normally shy away from Gen Intel m/b's but this I think as an exception,

Theres a good review of the board here,

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2681

monkeypants · 8 Jun 2006 at 15:19

Awesome Lowrider, personally I'm waiting for the Asus P5W DH. I hope Gibbo comes along at some point and sheds a bit of light on when a few of these boards will hit.

Things change I've changed · 9 Jun 2006 at 14:36

woooo hoooo, My Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX has just arrived and it is indeed Rev 304........phew

Nice to see Geniune Intel Motherboards coming with a few accessories.

NOW HURRY UP CONROE :-)

monkeypants · 9 Jun 2006 at 22:26

Looks nice, but: 3 PCIe slots?

Have you got a CPU you can use to test the boards clocking abilities?

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