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Post your Conroe Spec..

Looks like the E6600 is the choice for most at the moment. Pretty much like the Opty 146 was for people when we were all buying them up.

Will be very interesting to see the benchies on just how high the Conroe can be cranked both on air and water.
 
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thefishydidit said:
Intel Core DUO Extreme Edition X6800
Shuttle SD37P2
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400
WD Raptor 150GB x 3 (RAID 5)
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I wouldn't recommend a RAID 5 setup on a home PC as it suffers from rather slow write times

I'd just run them as seperate drives, or run four in RAID1+0 or two in RAID 0 (Striped) for speed and keep regular backups :)

p4radox said:
Well this was the PC I was going to be building for my younger brother, but he's wussed out of spending so much and now wants a cheap X2 :(


MB-151-AS Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-151-AS)
£99.95 £199.90
CA-052-AN Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU (CA-052-AN)
£34.95 £34.95
CP-126-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95 £99.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£144.95 £144.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£14.95 £14.95
HD-017-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2004C 200GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-017-SA)
£44.95 £44.95
CD-018-AS Asus DVD-E616P1 DVD-ROM (Black) - Retail (CD-018-AS)
£12.50 £12.50
Subtotal £682.10
VAT £119.37
Total £801.47
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2 motherboards? :p :)
 
Sold my shuttle last month. Complete New Build for conroe new specs in sig, waiting for a e6600 and a nice M-ATX Board with good cooling. Ill maybe add another raptor (36g) to run vista & xp off
 
DFI INFINITY Mobo
2gb Crucial memory (pc 4200)
2 X Samsung hd (80 gig & 250 gig) using MCE 2005
ATI 800XT GPU
Sound blaster Audigy 2
Dell 2405 monitor
Will order E6400 or spend the extra and get the E6600.
RJC
 
This thread has made me want to sell my loved opty 146 and go conroe but I am stopping myself. I can afford it but this opty isnt even a year old yet. Good luck with the clocks lads.
 
CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£659.95 £659.95
MY-010-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-8000 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-010-GS)
£302.95 £302.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£254.95 £254.95
GX-112-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)
£221.95 £221.95
CA-098-CM Coolermaster Mystique 631 Silver (No PSU) (CA-098-CM)
£69.95 £69.95
Subtotal £1,569.70
VAT £274.70
Total £1,844.40

What I have already...

Intel D975XBX
Sony SDM-P234 widescreen LCD
WD Raptor 150GB
Pioneer DVR111DBK DVD writer

What do you suggest for cpu cooling? I want to overclock but within the limits of an air cooled solution.
 
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
£149.95 £149.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£214.95 £214.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
MY-013-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£147.95 £147.95
GX-053-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£234.95 £234.95
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£84.95 £84.95
BU-000-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case & Window (BU-000-AK)
CA-006-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel (CA-006-AK) 1
CA-005-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminum Case (CA-005-AK) 1
£82.70 £82.70
CD-020-SO Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£10.50 £10.50
CD-001-BQ BenQ DW1650 16x16 DVD RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-001-BQ)
£23.50 £23.50
Subtotal £976.40
VAT £170.87
Total £1,147.27

The only thing i'm struggling on is hard drives i want two in raid,obviously i want fast and quiet,i was thinking 37gb raptor for windows and spinpoint for games? what do you think?
 
Prolly the spec below but the motherboard might change...

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)

Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS) (or an Nforce board or something better!)

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS) (would I be able to overclock a little with this ram?)

Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)

Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (SY-008-ZA)

Add to that the lovely MSI X1900XT I bought from the ocuk clearence section, and I should have a system to be proud of. I'm relly excited its been a while since I had something as great as this. :)
 
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£139.95 £139.95
MY-014-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 NR PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBNR) (MY-014-GS) 1
£114.95 £114.95
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN) 1
£154.95 £154.95
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£14.95 £14.95
Subtotal £424.80
VAT £74.34
Total £499.14

Not decided on a mobo yet.
 
I've been thinking of upgrading to Conroe in September from my xp2200+ pc. Looking at the following for about £1500.

Akasa Eclipse 62
FSP Epsilon 600w
Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 - not decided on mobo yet
Core 2 Duo E6600 - maybe lower model since Kentsfield's on the way?
AC Freezer 7 Pro
2GB OCZ DDR2 6400
X1800XT - will spend more if R600/G80 are out
320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
X-Fi Platinum - my guitar will love that!
DVD writer
Dell 2007WFP
 
Girlfriends new build...

CPU: E6300 Conroe (1.86GHz)
Mobo: Asus P5VD2-MX Micro ATX
Ram: 2x 1GB G.Skill NR PC2-6400
GPU: XFX 7600 EE GS 256MB
PSU: Tagan TG 530w Modular Silent
Optical: 16x DVD-RW
HD: 250GB Spinpoint
Case: Lian Li V300b


My new build...

CPU: E6600 or E6700 Conroe
CPU cooling: Phase or Water
Mobo: Asus P5W DH DLX
NB cooling: Water
Ram: 2x 1GB Corsair DDR2 6400 C3's
PSU: Tagan TG 580w Silent
GPU: 7900 GT
GPU cooling: Water

Other things not too sure about about for my rig but the main stuff are the things listed above I think.
 
Who cares what the specs are of a rig you have yet to buy ?

Just buy the rig and oc then post what you got your spec to.

How many more pointless threads do we need here ?
 
Rex-Kramer said:
Who cares what the specs are of a rig you have yet to buy ?

Just buy the rig and oc then post what you got your spec to.

How many more pointless threads do we need here ?
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How is it pointless? If you don't like the thread - don't look at it.

I think it's a great help for people who don't know what they want to buy yet. :rolleyes:
 
Stelly said:
Conroe Extreme
Intel Bad Axe
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB)
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
2 x Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB WD360GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
Custom Water Cooling System (CPU and GPU)
4 x Case Fans
1 x DVDRW
1 x DVDROM
1 x Digital TV Card
1 x Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
1 x Lian-Li PC V2000B PLUS Black Aluminium Full-Tower

What do you all think?? :)

Stelly
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Either go for 2 * 74 GB Raptors with 16MB Cache OR wait for the 36GB 16MB Cache ones to be available.
 
Rex-Kramer said:
Who cares what the specs are of a rig you have yet to buy ?

Just buy the rig and oc then post what you got your spec to.

How many more pointless threads do we need here ?
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It gives people an opportunity to have their spec checked to ensure that they're buying the best for their money and that everything is compatible
 
ajgoodfellow said:
It gives people an opportunity to have their spec checked to ensure that they're buying the best for their money and that everything is compatible
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Spot on.

Here's mine, tips and suggestions are more than appreciated:

Case
Thermaltake Armor

CPU
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)

MB
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard(MB-152-AS)

Memory
Need help here ... Corsair/OCZ/G.Skill ??

Display
Need help here ... but it'll be dual display, that's for sure

PSU
Tagan TG900-U95 900W ATX2.01 Turbojet Quad SLi Silent PSU (CA-011-TG)

Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Sound Card - Retail (SC-024-CL)

HDD
2 x 74GB Raptor

Keyboard
Logitech G15 Gaming-Grade Illuminated Keyboard - Retail (US Layout) (KB-078-LG)

Mouse / Mouse Pad
Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (KB-060-LG)
Steelpad 5L Plastic Mouse Pad (GS-007-IC)

DVD-Writer
NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-033-NE)

VGA
ATI Crossfire I guess :)

Again, tips and suggestions are more than appreciated, thanks!
 
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