Conroe now available from OcUK!

Stelly · 10 Jul 2006 at 11:35

FrankJH said:
I would say Monday 17th myself ( unless they count Saturday as a working day, which most companies dont hence the extra charge)

anyway looks like we have a week or maybe a little more to wait until you lot get yoru grubby (or not so grubby ) mitts on them lol

getting even more excited now!!

Stelly

Jay_t · 10 Jul 2006 at 14:54

Stelly said:
getting even more excited now!!

Stelly

How come? whats going on?

Beenom · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:02

Jay_t said:
How come? whats going on?

I shall quote myself for you

Beenom said:
Something interesting I've noticed is that, at one of the competitors, when I added the E6600 to my basket and clicked "Buy Now"; A range of delivery options came up... think you'll find them interesting:

Thursday 20 July 2006 (Economy Service) £3.99 £4.69
Friday 14 July 2006 (Next Working Day Service) £4.99 £5.86
Friday 14 July 2006 (Pre-12 Next Working Day Service) £8.98 £10.55
Saturday 15 July 2006 (Saturday Service) £15.99 £18.79

No, im not on about the pricing . Notice that the "next working day service" shows July 14th . Make of that what you will

easyrider · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:04

There just aint no way those conroes will be available on the 14th lol

killer_uk · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:06

EDIT: Will email you

clv101 · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:37

easyrider said:
There just aint no way those conroes will be available on the 14th lol

No? The release has been brought forward to that day, the stocks are being distributed as we speak. The logistics might not mean many people get them actually on the 14th but certainly the following week should be fine.

easyrider · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:40

clv101 said:
No? The release has been brought forward to that day, the stocks are being distributed as we speak. The logistics might not mean many people get them actually on the 14th but certainly the following week should be fine.

Link pls? "The release has been brought forward to that day"

SimonMaltby · 10 Jul 2006 at 15:53

There are reports of X6800's arriving into stock in the US already... I take all this with a big pinch of salt.... but cant help refreshing the Ocuk Core 2 Duo page every hour just in case

EDIT: This is interesting though... a guy apparently phoned the US store and was told that they had stock, but had been told by Intel not to dispatch untill the release date (wonder if that means the 14th or the 24th or the 27th or the ????? lol).
Have to say, sceptical as i am, things do look promising for a very efficient launch.

dafloppyone · 10 Jul 2006 at 16:15

lol email them then ...that web note thingy if you want to find out

killer_uk · 10 Jul 2006 at 16:16

dafloppyone said:
lol email them then ...that web note thingy if you want to find out

Yeah, send them a webnote and tell us what was said. I would do it myself - but my email address is probably blacklisted I've sent so many questions in.

silversurfer · 10 Jul 2006 at 16:48

Duke said:
Does DDR1 work with Conroe in the Asrock Twin board? What is the performance like compared to DDR2 if it does?

It'll work but hamper performance. I used 250mhz ram with a pentium 4 and it was much slower then ddr2 even when running at the same speed, not quite sure why. A difference in superpi 1m of about 15 seconds it was :confused:

Dont take it as proven just be aware

maddness · 10 Jul 2006 at 16:57

does anyone know if the Asus P5VD1-X on b-grade is conroe ready?

certainly should be at that price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Motherboards_689.html

FrankJH · 10 Jul 2006 at 17:02

silversurfer said:
It'll work but hamper performance. I used 250mhz ram with a pentium 4 and it was much slower then ddr2 even when running at the same speed, not quite sure why. A difference in superpi 1m of about 15 seconds it was

Dont take it as proven just be aware

I thought DDR and DDR2 where completely incompatable ( ie different slot indentation etc)?

maddness · 10 Jul 2006 at 17:07

FrankJH said:
I thought DDR and DDR2 where completely incompatable ( ie different slot indentation etc)?

the asrock supports both DDR & DDR2 (has 2 ddr2 slots and 2 ddr slots), i will give it a whirl later with the geil value i have. I assume it will run at a fixed devider to maintain 200mhz (3200) for the memory.

Jay_t · 10 Jul 2006 at 18:41

<maddness> said:
does anyone know if the Asus P5VD1-X on b-grade is conroe ready?

certainly should be at that price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Motherboards_689.html

I'd want a pretty good clocking motherboard for £13,500

Maybe a slave to go to work for me too, so I'd have more time to use it.

The Old Man · 10 Jul 2006 at 18:44

shrek2 · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:10

garyh said:
I have just noticed other retailers have now started taking pre-orders for Core 2 Duo and are considerably cheaper than OCUK

For example the E6600 is a massive £40 cheaper and the E6800 £60 cheaper

Are OCUK gonna be lowering their prices anytime soon? or I'll be forced to buy elsewhere..

But overclockers uk are getting the entire of Europes allocation so it doesnt matter :rolleyes:

3dfX · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:35

As well as having the best contact at intel LOL

Toytown · 10 Jul 2006 at 21:45

But overclockers uk are getting the entire of Europes allocation so it doesnt matter

Thats not true, i know of other online retailers (in UK, Belgium/Netherlands/Germany) who will also have quantities of stock on release day

Super Tigers · 10 Jul 2006 at 22:18

Toytown said:
Thats not true, i know of other online retailers (in UK, Belgium/Netherlands/Germany) who will also have quantities of stock on release day

I think the sarcastic humour went over your head