Conroe out July 23rd!!!

marcus_667 · 26 May 2006 at 21:25

we'll have to see

only a month or so

The Pat · 26 May 2006 at 23:17

Dr Jones said:
I just hope I can get E6600 + X1900xt + "Insert good OCing Mobo" + Antec 180 + Antec Phantom 500W + 2GB "Insert Good DDR2 to go along with OCing" + Zalman Flower + Zalman 900 for under £1400...

Think the DDR2 is actually gonna cost more than the CPU? 'cos that'll just be too much.

You and me both.

Explicit · 26 May 2006 at 23:25

Dr Jones said:
Think the DDR2 is actually gonna cost more than the CPU? 'cos that'll just be too much.

lol, ludicrous isn't it?

AWPC · 27 May 2006 at 00:27

As Intel are now holding back the 3.33Ghz EE + 1333FSB think no point in getting anything higher than an E6700 as the price differential is just not worth the extra performance when the cheaper CPUs will still be mighty quick.

As for ram that is cheap anyway because even value select DDR2-533 is fine for a 10-15% overclock and that is as cheap as DDR1 now.

The more exotic + expensive ram is only really of much use for extreme FSB overclocks.

Guess we will see some Conroe mobos in the next 2 weeks or so. Intel are being a little crafty here as they are only offering 1 (in reality) new chipset for Conroe & updating the 975X mobo power spec to avoid losing 975 chipset sales. Your only choices are: Q965, I975X Rev2 or Q963 which is a cheaper 965 minus 2 Intel business orientated techs for storage management & security.

I would suggest anyone with a current I955x or 975X dual core mobo wait until the launch to see if Conroe can work on yours as it currently is because you would only lose the ability for Conroe to use less power if you do not have the rev2 board.

A2Z · 27 May 2006 at 01:57

hmm the e6600 sure does look good....

and i didnt get all the socket F stuff in that news piece, should we be interested in it?

Sumanji · 27 May 2006 at 11:51

AWPC said:
Your only choices are: Q965, I975X Rev2 or Q963 which is a cheaper 965 minus 2 Intel business orientated techs for storage management & security.

And P965 afaik?

And of course nForce5 IE, ATI RD600 and probably some Via etc. chipsets. Although with an Intel chipset rocking the block I sure as hell won't be touching any of that garbage

Suman

killer_uk · 27 May 2006 at 12:05

Sumanji said:
And P965 afaik?

And of course nForce5 IE, ATI RD600 and probably some Via etc. chipsets. Although with an Intel chipset rocking the block I sure as hell won't be touching any of that garbage

Suman

Are Intel chipsets generally better than those?

Duke · 27 May 2006 at 12:32

Intel chipsets are rock solid and OC nicely

ATI/NV are quite close though. VIA/SiS for value systems

Kesnel · 27 May 2006 at 13:00

Gossip has it that RD600 will be the new hot chipset come August. i975x is a solid chipset though, I may get one to hold on until Conroe/RD600 arrives.

Rain Man · 27 May 2006 at 16:36

its going to hilarious looking at MM a couple of days after conroes release

FS: amd x2 4400, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd opteron 146, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd fx60, 2gb ddr, dfi expertFS: amd x2 4400, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd opteron 146, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd fx60, 2gb ddr, dfi expertFS: amd x2 4400, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd opteron 146, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd fx60, 2gb ddr, dfi expertFS: amd x2 4400, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd opteron 146, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd fx60, 2gb ddr, dfi expertFS: amd x2 4400, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd opteron 146, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd fx60, 2gb ddr, dfi expert

AMDPower · 27 May 2006 at 16:42

Rain Man

lol i can bet you there are going to be some good bargains.

don't mind myself a dual opteron @2.7+ for £100+.

speeduk · 27 May 2006 at 16:43

Rain Man said:
its going to hilarious looking at MM a couple of days after conroes release

FS: amd x2 4400, 2gb ddr, dfi expert
FS: amd opteron 146, 2gb ddr, dfi expt

Mine will be 2.8ghz 144, 2gig pc4000 and dfi ultra on the release day of conroe I suspect.

Probably wont even get £200 for the lot though due to the relative lack of flexibility in the people who use the MM.

Rain Man · 27 May 2006 at 16:46

all us clever bunnies will sell the week before if we have any sense left after hours of gaming lol

*gasp* "no high end system for a week??? what will we do? not seen the sun since 1988 and the people at the pub are all NOOOBS who i totaly pwn on CS:S"

speeduk · 27 May 2006 at 16:49

Rain Man said:
all us clever bunnies will sell the week before if we have any sense left after hours of gaming lol

*gasp* "no high end system for a week??? what will we do? not seen the sun since 1988 and the people at the pub are all NOOOBS who i totaly pwn on CS:S"

What you do is sell it on auction site. By the time you actually have to ship the parts a week can easily have passed.

Rain Man · 27 May 2006 at 16:50

speeduk said:
What you do is sell it on auction site. By the time you actually have to ship the parts a week can easily have passed.

shhh stop telling people my plan lol

SimonMaltby · 27 May 2006 at 17:27

First bench with Yonah 2600 came out with 23.7 seconds superPi 1M.. thats running at 200FSB.... or 2.5Ghz - stock everything and on air.

Will post back with some screen shots soon.... That beats my FX60 already and i have not tried yet.

stigggeh · 27 May 2006 at 17:39

Rain Man said:
all us clever bunnies will sell the week before if we have any sense left after hours of gaming lol

*gasp* "no high end system for a week??? what will we do? not seen the sun since 1988 and the people at the pub are all NOOOBS who i totaly pwn on CS:S"

i think the clever ones are selling now

i see 4 or 5 dual core X2/opterons at the moment

killer_uk · 27 May 2006 at 17:51

I've already sold my kit, I have been running with onboard graphics for the past week. And lets just say its not that fun.

Fulcrum · 27 May 2006 at 18:21

My onboard is good for 15fps on BF2. 30fps if I stare at the sky!! :cool:

killer_uk · 27 May 2006 at 18:25

Fulcrum said:
My onboard is good for 15fps on BF2. 30fps if I stare at the sky!!

My onboard 'graphics' can only manage half life at 800x600 with low settings. :rolleyes: