Intel Core2Duo Mobo with DDR400??

Drifta · 21 Aug 2006 at 03:01

Hey guys,
I'm contemplating to switch from my AMD Athlon 3200+ to a Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz chip.
I'll have to change my mobo obviously, but i was wondering if there are any good mobo's out there that support my 2 1Gb sticks of Corsair DDR400/PC3200 RAM, and my 256Mb Foxconn PCI-E ATI Radeon GFX card.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated, as I wana spend my 1st pay-cheque wisely!

fornowagain · 21 Aug 2006 at 03:07

You need DDR2 not DDR

The graphics card will work.

daggman · 21 Aug 2006 at 09:52

ddr 400 with conroe

well u can use DDR memory with conroe, dont know if they are any good because they are aimed at the budget market

asrock hdtv 2.0

asrock775-dualvsta

also see this ddr with conroe test from Anandtech

anandtech conroe ddr test

which ends with

If you have a very limited budget and want to move to the Intel Core 2 Duo processor now, then rest assured that your DDR-400 memory is more than capable for a system like the one tested today.

Mike.

Tetras · 21 Aug 2006 at 10:52

This review might be of interest to you:

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/asrock/775Dual-VSTA/g1.htm

Drifta · 21 Aug 2006 at 13:54

thanks guys!

would you recommend any trusted places to purchase one of the above boards?

Tetras · 21 Aug 2006 at 14:14

We can't, as they would be competitors, sorry. The 775Dual-VSTA is easy to get hold of though

Drifta · 21 Aug 2006 at 14:22

oh yeh, sorry, duh!!

are they available at OcUK?

Tetras · 21 Aug 2006 at 16:00

Afraid not.

Strax · 21 Aug 2006 at 20:30

I'll jump in and say I've got one for sale on MM. They are good boards. Limited overclocking, but seem reliable enough in the week or so I ran it. Both AGP and a PCI-E slot

Drifta · 21 Aug 2006 at 21:14

What's MM? Lol

Super Tigers · 21 Aug 2006 at 21:29

Drifta said:
What's MM? Lol

You have to have made at least 100 postings to get access to the members market were you can buy and sell items.

Rob H

Justintime · 21 Aug 2006 at 21:31

250+ 90 days registered is the criteria now i think.

Super Tigers · 21 Aug 2006 at 21:42

Justintime said:
250+ 90 days registered is the criteria now i think.

Changed a lot form when I signed up a long time ago!

Rob H

Drifta · 21 Aug 2006 at 23:21

Ah man, i only have 24... well 25 now...

WJA96 · 22 Aug 2006 at 06:02

OK - well, you could add one by posting in the product suggestions forum, and if you activated your trust people would be able to contact you directly.

I would also suggest you ask on the graphics card forum to check that the performance isn't as bad as the 4x PCie slot would suggest and in RAM to check that your RAM will work OK.

The General discussion forum is also a great place to ramp up your post count without actually spamming the forums becasue you can get into a nice old ding-dong in there. Something seemingly non-controversial can go on for ages as the wierdos and fanboys come out of the woodwork...

jas72 · 22 Aug 2006 at 11:02

lol nice advice there WJA thanks,

I've ordered the VSTA (should arrive this week) it's a great price for those looking to upgrade to conroe without paying silly Mobo prices. By christmas there will probably be quite a few mid-range conroe cards out there.

I'm surprised OC don't stock them yet as there are plenty of non clockers out there who read these boards regularly.