Conroe now available from OcUK!

Things change I've changed · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:07

Stelly said:
I know how you feel... Gibbo said that they have 50... and if its just got into double figures when I ordered then I would say more then likely yes

Stelly

Cool, I must have missed reading that, hopefully I should get one on the first batch then, this is the first time owning an EE for me, do they tend to hold thier value well ?

Lt Goody · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:09

Going to wait till more 975 boards are out.

Things change I've changed · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:12

Sinister said:
Is it worth buying Conroe Extreme Edition will I get a first batch one now if I order right now.

As stelly said, If they have/or getting 50 and only just into double figures for the pre-orders then I'd order now and you should get one from the first batch, go on join the EE boys

Pulseammo · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:21

Whats the FSB on these chips? Is it 800mhz or is it higher? How much of a performance jump would you see running one with say 667mhz ram compare to 800mhz ram?

Xez · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:26

It says on the title of them :rolleyes:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)

Digital Punk · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:35

Lol, only another 5 -6 weeks to wait, for the lucky ones.

I think most of you are going to have gone insane long before then.

Things change I've changed · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:40

Digital Punk said:
I think most of you are going to have gone insane long before then.

I'm just popping down town to have the Intel Core 2 DUO logo tattooed on my arm

FrankJH · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:44

All conroe boards are going to be relatively expensive (to start with) Intel usually do this for the first few months of a brand new launch

Cyber-Mav · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:49

Gibbo said:
Extreme Edition sales are approaching double figures.

so you sold 7 cpus so far?

Jokester · 22 Jun 2006 at 17:58

<<< E6600

Jokester

NathanE · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:03

FrankJH said:
All conroe boards are going to be relatively expensive (to start with) Intel usually do this for the first few months of a brand new launch

Intel don't do anything. Supply & demand does. Everyone in the supply chain raises their prices very slightly. Net result is that you end up paying a little bit more.

Explicit · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:06

Cyber-Mav said:
so you sold 7 cpus so far?

If they have made it to 10...£775 x 10 = £7,750 in one day on one CPU! :eek:

Gibbo must be chuffed

.::lawrywild::. · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:12

Just ordered E6600

Please Gibbo confirm I will get one of the early batches..

Digital Punk · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:18

Now if we can just persuade all the owners of POS Prescotts to bin them and get Conroe, then global warming will disappear overnight. :cool:

UKTopGun · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:43

Does anybody know if its worth buying a E6400 over a E6300? Are there any benchies of how these things overclock? Apparently the E6300 can go to 2.6Ghz.

Trox · 22 Jun 2006 at 18:46

What makes the EE x6800 s better than the normal ones ? Is it just more Mhz or is there somthing else ?
Im thinking E6700 overclocked if so

.::lawrywild::. · 22 Jun 2006 at 19:08

to answer UKTopGun:

e6400 will overclock better by up to 420mhz (with fsb the current 975x are doing) because it has x1 multi higher (420x1 = 420mhz)

@ Trox

I think XE has unlocked multi like ES but am not 100%

Devious · 22 Jun 2006 at 19:22

XE are multiplier unlocked up and down.

UKTopGun · 22 Jun 2006 at 19:25

.::lawrywild::. said:
to answer UKTopGun:

e6400 will overclock better by up to 420mhz (with fsb the current 975x are doing) because it has x1 multi higher (420x1 = 420mhz)

@ Trox

I think XE has unlocked multi like ES but am not 100%

that doesnt just mean it can go to 2.6Ghz does it? Or does it mean say the E6300 goes to 2.6Ghz the E6400 goes to 3Ghz?

Also what would the max clock be for a E6400 on 2gb PC2-5300 ram?

Xez · 22 Jun 2006 at 19:30

What he's saying is the max the current set of boards out will do a certain FSB and that the higher multiplier will allow for a higher overclock as the CPU might be board limited...

If that makes sense