anybody going matx conroe?
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I will be SFF Conroe in some version , might be shuttle or mATX board and alternative case, don't know yet.
But its not a bad thing there is a serious lack of boards ATM if you ask me.
Blessing in disguise for 2 reasons I can see:
1) Looks whats happening with the the current CPU roll - out, slow and not as cheap as they will be.
2) Current Full size boards are not refined, mATX featured boards can be argued more refined as they have less room to fit everything, so the delay might be a good chance for them to get niggles ironed out.
But its not a bad thing there is a serious lack of boards ATM if you ask me.
Blessing in disguise for 2 reasons I can see:
1) Looks whats happening with the the current CPU roll - out, slow and not as cheap as they will be.
2) Current Full size boards are not refined, mATX featured boards can be argued more refined as they have less room to fit everything, so the delay might be a good chance for them to get niggles ironed out.
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I doubt there will be a 975X based MATX board, there was not even a 955X based MATX board, Intel developed the 945 chipset for MATX just like they developed the 946 Chipset for MATX Conroe...
Hoping to go with a Sugo and a Conroe for my next build, planned in the next 4-6 weeks.
It's not looking good on the board front though, i'm picky about what chipset i'll take - and there's not a lot of choice there.
I'd love to see some mATX Intel P965 boards - I heard this chipset has some kind of updated memory controller which makes it superior to the 975X (not sure why it's cheaper then
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I guess time will tell with this one
It's not looking good on the board front though, i'm picky about what chipset i'll take - and there's not a lot of choice there.
I'd love to see some mATX Intel P965 boards - I heard this chipset has some kind of updated memory controller which makes it superior to the 975X (not sure why it's cheaper then
)I guess time will tell with this one
Intel 965 matx mobo
Just found this 965 matx, dunno how good it'd be not to clued up on intel boards tbh, but specs dont look to bad
http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/dg965ot/index.htm
Just found this 965 matx, dunno how good it'd be not to clued up on intel boards tbh, but specs dont look to bad
http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/dg965ot/index.htm
what are the chances of a mATX conroe/crossfire jobby?? thats what im lookin for as an upgrade.
the new SD37P2 supports both these but what good is crossfire if you can only use cards with single slot coolers?? (no X1900's except the X1900gt??)
the new SD37P2 supports both these but what good is crossfire if you can only use cards with single slot coolers?? (no X1900's except the X1900gt??)
Dr Jones said:That'll involve waiting even longer...
If I need to wait so long, I might as well wait for AM2/AM3 to bring out a "conroe beater". I can't be bothered waiting...
True, but its always a trade off.
mATX boards are not going to be priority anyway (manufacturers point of view).
Its looking likely that the mid range retail conroe's are going to be very short supply anyway, so worth the wait for me.
Otherwise your goign to have to take a gamble with the mobo.
cokecan72 said:
Its_Me said:
eVGA built an SLI mATX board, unfortunetly it was far from stable in most cases. The net is littered with various threads on forums about the problems it had.
Tbh a mATX Crossfire or SLI board is probably not going to happen for a while, hopefully someone will release a board though as it would be the best machine for say a lan rig.
Tute said:
Most normal coolers will fit, although since the Conroe runs relatively cool I dont think an overly large cooler will be of importance (unless your overclocking it but in this case a full tower would be a better solution).