Conroe compatable SLI Motherboards ??
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Or if you are impatient, the intel badaxe (at the bottom of this page )
It isn't officially meant to support SLI, but it does with hacked drivers
Have fun!
It isn't officially meant to support SLI, but it does with hacked drivers
Have fun!
Bring on conroe! Cant wait!
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I like the look of the EP-5P965+ GLI from Epox (not on OcUK yet):
"Epox has been on a roll at Computex 2006 with new board unveilings left and right. This time Epox has six new Conroe compatible motherboards—the EP-5P965 GLI, EP-5P965+ GLI, EP-5GZ946-M, EP-5GZ946-MJ, EP-5RC410-MJ3, and EP-5RC410-M3. All three boards will support Intel Conroe processors, though the EP-5P965 GLI/EP-5P965+ GLI are the only ones that support 1066 MHz processors. The EP-5P965 GLI and EP-5P965+ GLI are based on the Intel Broadwater P965 MCH coupled to the ICH8/R.
Features are pretty standard with four DDR2 DIMM slots with support for DDR2-400/533/667/800 in dual channel. A maximum of 4GB of memory is supported which is quite disappointing as socket AM2 processors are promising up to 16GB of system memory. As far as expansion slots go the EP-5P965/+ GLI supports two PCI Express x16, one PCI Express x1, and three PCI slots. One of the PCI Express x16 slots only has four lanes routed to it however. ATI has denied any plans to support CrossFire on the Intel 96x family so CrossFire users will have to look elsewhere.
Differences between the EP-5P965 GLI and EP-5P965+ GLI are quite substantial. The EP-5P965+ GLI have six SATA II ports with support for RAID 0 and 1 via the ICH8R while the EP-5P965 GLI only has four SATA II ports with no RAID. EP-5P965+ GLI boards also have an additional PATA connector via an ITE8211 controller. There are also differences in onboard audio too. The higher-end EP-5P965+ GLI features the Realtek ALC883 while the EP-5P965 GLI uses the Realtek ALC660. Both boards have high definition audio and support eight channels of audio though. Ethernet is provided by a Realtek RTL8111B controller which both variants have."
"Epox has been on a roll at Computex 2006 with new board unveilings left and right. This time Epox has six new Conroe compatible motherboards—the EP-5P965 GLI, EP-5P965+ GLI, EP-5GZ946-M, EP-5GZ946-MJ, EP-5RC410-MJ3, and EP-5RC410-M3. All three boards will support Intel Conroe processors, though the EP-5P965 GLI/EP-5P965+ GLI are the only ones that support 1066 MHz processors. The EP-5P965 GLI and EP-5P965+ GLI are based on the Intel Broadwater P965 MCH coupled to the ICH8/R.
Features are pretty standard with four DDR2 DIMM slots with support for DDR2-400/533/667/800 in dual channel. A maximum of 4GB of memory is supported which is quite disappointing as socket AM2 processors are promising up to 16GB of system memory. As far as expansion slots go the EP-5P965/+ GLI supports two PCI Express x16, one PCI Express x1, and three PCI slots. One of the PCI Express x16 slots only has four lanes routed to it however. ATI has denied any plans to support CrossFire on the Intel 96x family so CrossFire users will have to look elsewhere.
Differences between the EP-5P965 GLI and EP-5P965+ GLI are quite substantial. The EP-5P965+ GLI have six SATA II ports with support for RAID 0 and 1 via the ICH8R while the EP-5P965 GLI only has four SATA II ports with no RAID. EP-5P965+ GLI boards also have an additional PATA connector via an ITE8211 controller. There are also differences in onboard audio too. The higher-end EP-5P965+ GLI features the Realtek ALC883 while the EP-5P965 GLI uses the Realtek ALC660. Both boards have high definition audio and support eight channels of audio though. Ethernet is provided by a Realtek RTL8111B controller which both variants have."
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never once worked out why a board maker would stick the main atx connector right there, and i think its epox that does it most often. 
tbh i find it easy enough to get a atx cable round that side of heatsink but its still a bit of a pain compared to where 99% of boards manage to stick the plug.
tbh i find it easy enough to get a atx cable round that side of heatsink but its still a bit of a pain compared to where 99% of boards manage to stick the plug.
