Conroe now available from OcUK!

Stelly · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:26

fenderbass86 said:
Or were you talking about motherboards?

nope he was on about the chips mate

Stelly

clv101 · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:34

fenderbass86 said:
I think the reason people are pre-ordering conroe's now is because the supplies may be thin after release. There's great demand for these after all.

You reckon? I can't see it myself. I think Intel will have more than enough to go round after the first panic week (caused by etailer logistics rather than supply and demand). I guess we'll see. Conroe isn't like XBox360!

Stelly · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:36

clv101 said:
You reckon? I can't see it myself. I think Intel will have more than enough to go round after the first panic week (caused by etailer logistics rather than supply and demand). I guess we'll see. Conroe isn't like XBox360!

I can see it I think (including myself) most people have been telling people to wait untill Conroe is out and I think that most mags and other people have been doing the same... I can see this happening myself

Stelly

BubbySoup · 26 Jun 2006 at 21:40

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Got a lovely X6800 and Intel 975X Extreme board been delivered by our UK Intel rep himself on Thursday. mmmmmm playtime.

When he arrives, tell him you want to get some of those Bad Axe boards in to sell!!

fenderbass86 · 26 Jun 2006 at 21:50

clv101 said:
You reckon? I can't see it myself. I think Intel will have more than enough to go round after the first panic week (caused by etailer logistics rather than supply and demand). I guess we'll see. Conroe isn't like XBox360!

No I can't either, I was just saying that a lot of people have been pre-ordering the CPU so they get the first batch and supposedly don't have to wait ages for the next one. I'm not bothered about getting it on release day, cause i'm going on holiday so i'll get it as soon as I get back.

maddness · 26 Jun 2006 at 22:18

seriously impressed with this board so far.
Doubt it will do higher

all on default volts, and almost 3Ghz

clv101 · 26 Jun 2006 at 22:27

So that's a normal E6600 which is 9x266 to make 2.4GHz and your running at 9x330 to make 2.972GHz (+24%). Nice. What memory are you using? I guess that should be doable on plain old PC5300 RAM?

sachinbadiani · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:04

Had this problem last Wednesday: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7341585&postcount=3

And in a fit of haste, I preordered a E6600 on Thursday, before I went to Glasgow for a break.
Came home and managed to fix my computer...

Should I cancel my order or keep it???? Damn right I'm gonna keep it.

maddness · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:09

clv101 said:
So that's a normal E6600 which is 9x266 to make 2.4GHz and your running at 9x330 to make 2.972GHz (+24%). Nice. What memory are you using? I guess that should be doable on plain old PC5300 RAM?

yes the board is not the best clocking board around, does not allow voltage adjustments, so yup i jjust pushed the fsb up. im using some 6400 memory but its only running in single channel as the board only offers single channel.

Jokester · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:12

Looking good, what cooling are you using?

Jokester

maddness · 26 Jun 2006 at 23:14

im using the aquagate coolermaster i picked from fs a few weeks ago, only because i didnt have a 775 sink at hand lol, id say its as good as a freezer pro tbh

Gibbo · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:00

<maddness> said:
upped to 300x9 2700mhz

passed s&m so far

wonder if it will do 3Ghz on deafult

..

HI m8

Any chance you can re-run all those benchmarks in comparison to your Yonah at 3GHz again at the new speed please?

Stelly · 27 Jun 2006 at 09:08

Gibbo said:
..

HI m8

Any chance you can re-run all those benchmarks in comparison to your Yonah at 3GHz again at the new speed please?

Second that

Stelly

maddness · 27 Jun 2006 at 11:50

single 7900gtx, 1gb ddr2

Yonah 2600 @ 3Ghz (dual channel mem)
(231x13 dual channel)
3Dmark 01 39345
3Dmark 03 25233
3Dmark 05 11936
3Dmark 06 6715
Pi 1mb 20.750

Conroe 6600 @ 2.4Ghz (single channel mem)
(266x9 single channel)
3Dmark 01 38907
3Dmark 03 25721
3Dmark 05 11312
3Dmark 06 6482
Pi 1mb 22.422

Conroe 6600 @ 2.97Ghz (single channel mem)
330x9 (single channel)
3Dmark 01 42753
3Dmark 03 26063
3Dmark 05 11422
3Dmark 06 6576
Pi 1mb 19.453

bare in mind im memory bandwidth crippled with this board, for now

and memory is at 5,5,5,10.

btw ive never seen 01 top out to 999fps before :cool:

broke 20s under 3Ghz

Explicit · 27 Jun 2006 at 11:53

^ Very nice, things can only get better with a better mobo and dual channel RAM

trojan698 · 27 Jun 2006 at 11:54

Aren't the conroes still under the NDA?

Stelly · 27 Jun 2006 at 11:57

Explicit said:
^ Very nice, things can only get better with a better mobo and dual channel RAM

agreed... I hope OcUk have decided to get some Bad Axes in

Stelly

maddness · 27 Jun 2006 at 12:02

the 304s tend to top out around 425-450mhz according to a friend

ah well im going to aim for a nice 400Mhz 3.6Ghz clock

anything extra is a bonus

edit / tightening the memory to 4,4,4,10 gives 43458k on 3dmark 01

tis quite a difference :cool:

Gibbo · 27 Jun 2006 at 12:52

Hi there

Truly amazing. So that E6600 is pushing 3GHz in a cheap crappy motherboard at stock voltage air cooled?

I can see these things hitting 4GHz easily in decent boards with good air cooling and H20 setups.

I suspect before long we might see some 5GHz freon cooled rigs?

I am glad that Mr Intel is gonna look after us on this one but I think they have realised when it comes to gamers and overclockers they need to look after OcUK if they want to win that audience. So its all looking good and OcUK will be rewarded the most allocation in the UK, plus the fact OcUK is the first and only company to put orders in with Intel and all its distributors first helps a lot too.

clv101 · 27 Jun 2006 at 12:53

<maddness> said:
edit / tightening the memory to 4,4,4,10 gives 43458k on 3dmark 01

tis quite a difference

1.6% improvement, we were told above that memory timings didn't help Core 2 duo much...