Asus P5N32 SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 -- Does it support Conroe

[Count_Zero99uk]

Hi all, first post here, I put my order in for a full set fo parts for a conroe E6600 system including the above motherboard. I have now see random snippets around the net stating that there may be problems with the board and conroe. Could anyone kindy either set my mind at ease or let me know the truth (i can handle the truth )

Thanks in Advance

CountZero

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

Guess nobody knows

Count_Zero

 

[Marx]

Yeah I would like to know this to

Thanks.

 

[Dougsnake]

Looks like a no
http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

But i did read somewhere the se version would support it but said heat was a problem with it.sorry carnt remember where i saw it....

 

[Marx]

From doing a bit of looking around that would seem to be the case.

none of the Asus shipping BIOS' are Core2 Duo compatable.

from: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106563

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

Thanks

Great looks like im going to have to change my order, im going for the E6600 chip i wanted SLi hence the board, but sod it.

What board would people recoment please. I doubt ill be over clocking much but you knever know, so im just looking for a good allround board that dosnt require flashing in order to work.

A fast responce would be great so i can phone and get it changed.

 

[Marx]

If your willing to give up SLi you may as well go for one of the Intel boards, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Intel.html

Thanks.

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

i thought the bad axe had some problems?

 

[Marx]

I've not read anything about that but it might.

Thanks.

 

[gtir666]

A certain someone is selling a pre-built sytem with this mobo, x6800 conroe and 2x gtx in sli

Dont know if they have special bios or somthing though??

Edit: Make that 2 certain someones selling this setup! So must work? Sorry or be do'able?

 

[neologan]

its well known that SLI can work on the 975x chipset, it's upto nvidia to enable it though. Does annoy me quite a bit.

 

[Marx]

I'm in the middle of building an system with this board running in SLi with [when it comes..] e6600 so I hope with a quick flash of the bios everything should work :]

Thanks.

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

its the bios flashing/replacing that would worry me, i have no spare chips (am moving to conroe from AMD)

HAve cnaceled my MOBO though, will see what pans out and whats availabale when my E6600 ships.

 

[Marx]

This is the board we need: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=0&model=1280&modelmenu=1

Comes Core 2 Duo,but can't find them anywhere in the UK :[

 

[Count_Zero99uk]

Ah yes the fabled SE wonder where it is?



Maybe its another paper release set to come out in 2010?

Count Zero

 

[lay-z-boy]

with nvidia and intel starting to be friends again after amd and ati moving in together its only a matter of time before they enable sli on 975x through offical drivers.
Merom and 945m (iirc) have been given sli support so its time to play the waiting game...

 

[Echo]

This is the board we need: http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=0&model=1280&modelmenu=1

Comes Core 2 Duo,but can't find them anywhere in the UK :[

Shouldn't this (presumably brand new) board be Nforce 5?

 

[kleox64]

There are 2 boards from ASUS that will support Conroe + SLI:

P5N32-SLI SE, minor differences to the P5N32-SLI but adds correct VRM spec for conroe.

Theres no official name for the 590 based board but it should be announced anytime now allthough availability is late august/early september at best.

 

[Echo]

Personally, I still value PATA (and even parallel port to a point, old cheap-to-run Epson printers for the win!), so if Nforce 590 strips the remaining legacy stuff maybe I'll just settle for this P5N32 SE.

Either way I'm holding on to an AGP 6800GT until the 8xxx cards hit the market so should have plenty of mobos to choose from by then

 

[kleox64]

even on the 975 your capped at DUAL PCI-E x8 assuming your running Xfire or SLI.