So the conroe is coming soon..

shimy182 · 2 May 2006 at 13:26

But what motherboards are coming out?

how much is everything going to cost in england? (roughly)

and can someone warn me when OcUK are pre ordering?

thanks shimy

shimy182 · 2 May 2006 at 14:43

so i take it that no one knows?
or is this a dumb question or something?

FirebarUK · 2 May 2006 at 14:51

I think I can speak for most and say that no-one can definitively answer your questions at the moment. Give it a couple more weeks and we should have more info on motherboard's, prices etc. At the moment I know Abit, Asus and DFI have some nice boards pretty much ready for Conroe. Albatron currently have a board out which is rumoured to support Conroe fully, but no hard evidence.

shimy182 · 2 May 2006 at 15:02

hmm ok. DFI it is... thanks

Joe42 · 2 May 2006 at 19:08

I'm hoping we might see a bit of a comeback from Abit, now that they have their financial troubles sorted.

Asus tend to be the first with a new board out, but i can say from experience that they are usually the last with a working BIOS.

Dfi seem to take forever, so don't expect anything from them untill a while after conroe is released.

I'm hoping Asrock do some good conroe boards, as i love their boards and i love their prices.

shimy182 · 2 May 2006 at 19:36

... ok. i really do want the conroe when it comes out.

so asrock for me i guess. well we shall see when it comes out.

and PLEASE warn me if there is a place thats let us pre order.

Joe42 · 2 May 2006 at 20:55

Avoid pre-ordering. They will often rip you off.
Its also best not to buy as soon as it comes out, give it a month to get tweaked and for the bugs to be fixed and for shoddy people like Asus to release working bios's.
Whats the hurry?

Richdog · 2 May 2006 at 20:59

shimy182 said:
so i take it that no one knows?
or is this a dumb question or something?

Email OCUK sales?

Joe42 · 2 May 2006 at 21:04

Richdog said:
Email OCUK sales?

I don't think its that close to release. I believe its a few months away.
I'm afraid its really a wait and see game, no use getting impatient.

shimy182 · 2 May 2006 at 22:14

im shaking and stufff.

i want it noooow
i need it nooow

Mul · 2 May 2006 at 22:20

There will be some Conroe Ready Intel 965 based boards coming in the next month and a half I guess. The current board that supports conroe is the Intel D975XBX Bad Axe, but its a particular revision of it. Seen for around £170.

Mul

shimy182 · 5 May 2006 at 10:28

o dear.. ok thanks for that.

i really do want a PC upgrade, and i was thinking about the X2 until someone mentioned the conroe. hopefully its going to be worth the wait.

semi-pro waster · 5 May 2006 at 10:31

shimy182 said:
i really do want a PC upgrade, and i was thinking about the X2 until someone mentioned the conroe. hopefully its going to be worth the wait.

From what I've seen it looks promising but remember that generally the early adopters are the ones who have the problems which will only be later smoothed out properly. Still on the bright side at least the waiting gives you a chance to save up more money for a better PC

Stelly · 5 May 2006 at 16:24

something you might find interesting

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17571712

Stelly