Whats going into YOUR conroe build?!

[Ldawg]

title says it all, what kind of builds are everyone planning on that incorporate conroe?

975x? 965x? nforce500? others?

sli? crossfire? hold out for DX10?

1Gig? 2Gig? 4Gig in prep for vista?

HDD subsystems?

spill the beans! i know you guys have been speccing these builds out in notepad or excel! time to share!

ill start!

heres mine:

Core 2 Extreme X6800
Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro
2Gig Corsair XMS-6400 4-4-4-12
X1900XTX Crossfire
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
2x 150gig Raptors (RAID-1)
2x 750Gig Cuda's (RAID-1)
OCZ 700Watt GameXtream

All watercooled in an Antec P180B :toast:

[Thorburn]

Already got most mine:
Core 2 Duo E6700
Intel D975XBX Rev. 304 (waiting on this to arrive)
2GB Corsair TwinX DDR2-667
GeForce 7800GTX 256MB
2 x 74GB Raptors (RAID1)
Antec 550w PSU
Dell 2405FPW

[Meefle]

I'm on a budget so...... not that great but still better than wut i have now
Core 2 Allendale E6300
1GB G.Skill DDR2 800 4-4-4-12
Sapphire X1900XT
Already have:
Scythe Ninja
Maxtor 80GB
JUST PC 550W PSU
HP Lightscribe DVD Drive
Kingwin Mutant-X Series Tower

[dpa]

my plan is just to buy X6700 and a new mobo.. If the Nvidia version turns out good I will go for it, SLI just rocks..

cooled by my dual lian li Mach II.. Hopefully stable @ 4Ghz and 7900GTX in SLI @ 850/950 for 24/7 usage.. :D

[Ldawg]

I'm thinking about "retiring" that system to file server status

Blasphemy!

[Shpoon]

E6600
Mobo: No clue
OCZ Platinum EL PC6400
XFX 7900GT
S12-600

And yada, yada.

[Ldawg]

I don't know... dual Woodcrest would make my web surfing (main thing my home box, box in sig, does) a hell of a lot faster. LOL... the only thing that is holding me back is the $250 I'd have to blow on a NICE eATX case. Hate paying for hardware.... LOL

how about you retire that rig to me, and ill give u my 3.4ghz pressy shuttle for ure file server? :YIPPIE:

[stone_cold_Jimi]

If the Nvidia version turns out good I will go for it, SLI just rocks..


+1

I really hope the nVidia chipsets cut it - dual everything is :up:

[Doumz]

Cpu: X6900 when it come out,prolly the cheapest celeron meanwhile
Ram: 4g Ocz gold with xtc spreaders,dunno what speed yet
Mobo: Dfi R600
Gfx: Crossfire dx10 when they are out,cheap card meanwhile
Hdd: Dual Raptor 76gb Raid 1 for reading performance and safety
Psu: Ocz 520W SLI hoping the 2 ati card won be too hungry

[[XC] DragonOrta]

LOL.. nice try. At least others have offered me money, not that I'll sell this stuff BTW, I'm holding out for an offer to take a hot sister/mom for the system. I'll take offers for that in the form of pictures.... oh, and NO angle shots. :D LMAO
If you do end up demoting it to file server status, why not also add a Rosetta @ Home cruncher title to it as well? :hehe:

[g.l.amour]

psu: Tagan TG530-U15, 530 Watt (120mm fan)
cpu: Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe), E6600 (maybe the 6700 depending on the max fsb for 965/975 platform and/or if retail conroes go over 4ghz on water)
mem: OCZ OCZ28002048ELDCGE-K, 2048 MB, DDR2, PC6400
hdd: Western Digital Raptor, 74 GB, 10000 rpm, 16 MB, Serial ATA150
mb: Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP, Retail (just for the nb and mosfet cooling)
gpu: Asus EN7900GT /2DHT, 256 MB, DDR3, PCI Express x16 (prolly going to try the vcore mod to transform it into a semi gtx)

this would set me back € 1272,25 vat included, which seems quite enough :slobber:

[StealthyFish]

-E6600
-Good overclocking i965 board (possibly an Asus P5B Deluxe if it's like 230) or an RD600 board. Pretty much anything that'll let me overclock =D
-2Gb Mushkin XP2-6400 DDR2-800
-Antec TrueBlue 480W
-either Dual X1800XTs or 1 G80//R600 graphic card
- hard drive undecided. w/e's cheap when i buy my system
-ThermalTake Big Typhoon Fan
-Logitech G-15 keyboard
-Logitech X530 5.1 Speaker System

[vapb400]

CPU: E6700 cooled by Chilly1 SS for 24/7, mousepot for benching
RAM: 2GB of Something that can hit 4-4-4 @ DDR2-1000+
HDD: 2 x Samsung 250GB SATA2, an I-RAM2 when they come out
MB: Cheapest motherboard until the RD600 DFI board comes out (or the NV590 DFI if the chipset is good)
GPU: Probably a 7900GT until R600/G80 cooled by VF-900

Then I will be building a custom enclosure for it.

[Vric]

CPU: E6600 (waiting....)
RAM: 2GB OCZ PC-6400 Platinum XTC (got it last week)
HDD:1x 80 Seagate + 2x 160GB WD raid0 (have them already. The new Raptor revision are interesting.)
MB: Asus P5B. (Look to be the best choice for me.. need a Parallel port and no heat pipe)
GPU: Probably Geforce 7600GT. I have a tight budget
PSU: OCZ GameXstream 600W (got it last week, currently running in my computer)

So Waiting for the mobo and cpu mostly..

[[XC]melymel]

CPU: 6300
Mboard: whatever gives highest fsb
HDD: old reliable seagate 80gb IDE
GFX: old reliable 6800gt
RAM: my 512mb Ballistix (I may add another to give 1gb if I get one <£25 on Ebay)
PSU: my pcp&c 510 server psu
cooling: cheapo bong water cooling for 24/7, cheapo chiller for benching

Incase you haven't noticed the emphasis here is cheap is there any word on a lower end dualcore conroe coming out, maybe of a celeron variety? :p:

[nike]

CPU: E6600
RAM: 1gb patriot
HDD:1x maxtor crap
MB: no idea yet
GPU: 7800gty 256
PSU: enermax 500w
CASE: orac style plexiglas
and the rest of my gamingstuff :D

[vapb400]

CPU: 6300
Mboard: whatever gives highest fsb
HDD: old reliable seagate 80gb IDE
GFX: old reliable 6800gt
RAM: my 512mb Ballistix (I may add another to give 1gb if I get one <£25 on Ebay)
PSU: my pcp&c 510 server psu
cooling: cheapo bong water cooling for 24/7, cheapo chiller for benching

Incase you haven't noticed the emphasis here is cheap is there any word on a lower end dualcore conroe coming out, maybe of a celeron variety? :p:
E4200, a 1.6GHz [200x8] 200MHz FSB, no virtualization tech. Comes in Q1 2007.

[EneergE]

CPU: Either E6800 or E6700
RAM: 2gb geil/ocz
HDD: May go for a raptor raid 1 or a single 250gb sata2 16mb
MB: Still looking
GPU: Already have a 7800gt, waiting on G80/R600
PSU: Antec 550watt
CASE: probably TJ07

[StGL]

CPU: E6600
MB: DFI RD600 or 975x
RAM: 2GB 667 or 800
GFX: X1900XT if R600 isn't out before X-Mas
PSU: 600-700W from a good brand
And a brand new Water Cooling to get the max out of it

[[XC]melymel]

E4200, a 1.6GHz [200x8] 200MHz FSB, no virtualization tech. Comes in Q1 2007.

ooooo very tasty I need to research these chips they sound about right for me :p:

cheers for the info :toast:

[Shpoon]

My sig says it all
As my money says it all also

As does your sentence structure (or lack of).

My crystal ball says...

"Dirt poor 12 year old coming to XS for no better reason than to flame those who have a job".

[vapb400]

ooooo very tasty I need to research these chips they sound about right for me :p:

cheers for the info :toast:
I will hopefully be building a large Rosetta farm using them when they are available. :toast:

[hookid]

Case- (Lian Li PC-V1000B Plus 2 W/ Window)$209
PowerSupply(Ultra X2 550W)-$130
CD/DVD Drive(16x DVD 52x CD-R)-$26
Memory OCZ(2 x 1GB)-$191
-Timing 3-3-3-8
HardDrive(74GB WD Raptor)-$170
-16MB Cache, 10,000RPM
Graphics Card: Sapphire X850XT (UNTIL DX10)
Motherboard- $200 something...
CPU-E6600 2.4ghz Conroe $316
Total Computer-$1,399

[CedricFP]

As does your sentence structure (or lack of).

My crystal ball says...

"Dirt poor 12 year old coming to XS for no better reason than to flame those who have a job".
So, do you look down on those with less money than you or those, even with jobs, still fit into the category of "dirt poor" ?

[Kunaak]

whatever CPU is near the $500 price point, is the one I am most likely gonna look for.

what board I will use?
no idea yet, but I would definatly perfer DFI.

same ram, same videocard, hard drives, psu and all.

[CedricFP]

I am thinking of getting an X6800, but that may not be possible in time. If not, I guess I'll settle for the E6600.

[Andypro1]

spill the beans! i know you guys have been speccing these builds out in notepad or excel! time to share!

Haha, spec'ing in notepad indeed! Here's my current plan:

CPU($316): Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual-Core 2.40GHz 4MB L2 1066FSB
Mobo($230): ASus P5B P965 Deluxe -or- Intel 965/975 whatever Core 2 support (ATX)
RAM($150): 2GB (2 x 1GB DIMM) Dual channel PC6400 (DDR2-800) OCZ/Other.
HDs($168): 2 250GB 16M Western Digital 7200RPM SATA2 3Gbps in RAID 1
Vid($5X0): nVidia GeForce 7900GTX or ATi X1900XTX or wait for DX10
Monitor($309): Dell 1907FP 19" Flat Panel Monitor w/ 3 year warranty
GPUCooler($38): KuFormula FV1 Plus - reevaluate at time of purchase
Optical($36): Sony black DVD±RW - whichever one is $36 or check SATA prices
Case: ATX ff, with window, cool looking, 120mm fan(s), no ps?
PS: 500W minimum, 2x12V rail (check Extremesystems recommendations)
Speakers: evaluate at time of purchase (not a critical component)

Total: $1747 (leaves $253 for case ($80?), PS ($80?), speakers ($93?))

[Johnny Sack]

Lian-Li
E6600
Best medium grade/affordable mobo out Asus/Abit and can go way over 450fsb
7900GT
SilverStone Zeus
Hitachi deskstar 2x 7k80's Raid0
Crucial ballistic 2x1GB DD2800 PC6400
OCZ Rally 1GB
Nec 3550
Sunbeam rehostat
120mm Panaflo's x3
Si-120

[StealthyFish]

Haha, spec'ing in notepad indeed! Here's my current plan:

CPU($316): Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual-Core 2.40GHz 4MB L2 1066FSB
Mobo($230): ASus P5B P965 Deluxe -or- Intel 965/975 whatever Core 2 support (ATX)
RAM($150): 2GB (2 x 1GB DIMM) Dual channel PC6400 (DDR2-800) OCZ/Other.
HDs($168): 2 250GB 16M Western Digital 7200RPM SATA2 3Gbps in RAID 1
Vid($5X0): nVidia GeForce 7900GTX or ATi X1900XTX or wait for DX10
Monitor($309): Dell 1907FP 19" Flat Panel Monitor w/ 3 year warranty
GPUCooler($38): KuFormula FV1 Plus - reevaluate at time of purchase
Optical($36): Sony black DVD±RW - whichever one is $36 or check SATA prices
Case: ATX ff, with window, cool looking, 120mm fan(s), no ps?
PS: 500W minimum, 2x12V rail (check Extremesystems recommendations)
Speakers: evaluate at time of purchase (not a critical component)

Total: $1747 (leaves $253 for case ($80?), PS ($80?), speakers ($93?))


lol, o thank god i'm not the only one here who put everything in notepad just itching to start addin to cart. It's all just sittin there. Go Logitech X530, Antec Truepower 2.0 480W, and some case. lol. that's a 50 dollar sound system, an 80 dollar power supply, and however much for a case (on newegg). I'm thinkin of a 2k system too =D

[Shpoon]

So, do you look down on those with less money than you or those, even with jobs, still fit into the category of "dirt poor" ?

Of course. :rolleyes:

I should refine it though since you pointed it out.

I'm talking specifically about those who're dirt poor, but aren't here to learn about things, and hope that one day they'll be able to afford them.

He's not here to do that, he's just here to flame.

[viper650]

im going to put 50 conroes in my computer. honestly, do we really need another one of these? im not flaming, only asking.

[Ldawg]

im going to put 50 conroes in my computer. honestly, do we really need another one of these? im not flaming, only asking.

theres always one...:slapass:

[lowfat]

E6600
Albatron P975X (if available in Canada)
X1900XT crossfire
2X1GB Corsair Value DDR2 533 (does 350FSB easily enough)
PC Power and Cooling 510 SLI

all on water.

[grimREEFER]

target build date: spring break 2007
asus p5b
some type of kentsfield
bfg card with nvidia g80 chipset
2x 1gb of ocz ddr2
tagan 480w again probly, 30a on the 12v is just nice
and windows vista to top it off
for cpu cooler, im gonna go with artic cooling, since these things dont run that hot anyway, i dont feel like getting a huge scythe.
yea....iv planned out everything lol

[ScottFern]

E6700
Corsair XMS 2GB kit 6400C3 3-4-3-9 (already purchased)
Intel 975X Bad Axe rev 304
Asus 7900GTX (already running)

[Axylone]

what's with all the RAID1? Do you mean RAID0? RAID1 is mirroring

[geforce man]

only part i have so far is my 2x1gb OCZ pc 6400 ddr2 800 Gold 5-5-5 (which runs 4-4-4 @ 1.9 volts @ DDR800) other than that, we shall see with availability, pricing, and what not.

[SepheronX]

I was going too. But then today i figured this out. Ok so I asked for a new video card for my birthday, and i gave tons of money for it already. So anyway, now my mom ordered, then she read wrong and bought the one i didnt want and i gave money for the other one. Then all of a sudden she tells me its too expensive. Now I figured "well what is the whole point of me giving you money for?" anyway, loing term short, when canceling wiht the company i orderd from, it takes like a bloody week to even hear a response. And now the sale is over and the video card i wanted isnt even on sale "great going ncix, damn, get youre peope to read the messeges first" anyway, i figured, i remember years back when high end video cards only costed 200 or so dollors. Now adays, you can barly get a decent video card with that money :mad:

anyway, im not gonna bother with computers anymore, way to expensive. The only way im dealing with comps, is for just normal taks, nothing too expensive and powerful to do. I think consols will do me better.

[adamant415]

This is what I have currently

Lian Li pcv 1000 black with window
Intel bad axe motherboard
2 x 1gb of mushkin xp2-5300 (plan on getting another kit of this memory)
xt1800xt (may use for physics when i upgrade to r600)
3 x 160gb sata2 western digital r.e. hard drives for raid 0
Antec Neo 550 watt power supply (plan on upgrading to 1 kilowatt pc p&c when I get r600)
Lite On dvd burner (plan on adding either hd-dvd or bluray...whichever one wins the format war)

Ordering pentium d930 wednesday to hold me over until I get 2.4ghz conroe
Undecided on cooler......either scythe mine or ac freezer pro 7

[SepheronX]

hey thats a pretty sweet computer dude!

I dont know, ill most possibly buy a conroe since i cooled down (was getting a 7600gt) Anyway. Im thinking of purchasing a decent Asrock board (dont wanna spend to much and for what? extreme overclocking? hah, even at lower speeds its way too good, beating AMD pretty bad. Anyway, a decent asrock board, with a 1.8ghz intel conroe with 2gigs of DDR2 667mhz memory and finaly, an x1800gto video card.

[CedricFP]

I was going too. But then today i figured this out. Ok so I asked for a new video card for my birthday, and i gave tons of money for it already. So anyway, now my mom ordered, then she read wrong and bought the one i didnt want and i gave money for the other one. Then all of a sudden she tells me its too expensive. Now I figured "well what is the whole point of me giving you money for?" anyway, loing term short, when canceling wiht the company i orderd from, it takes like a bloody week to even hear a response. And now the sale is over and the video card i wanted isnt even on sale "great going ncix, damn, get youre peope to read the messeges first" anyway, i figured, i remember years back when high end video cards only costed 200 or so dollors. Now adays, you can barly get a decent video card with that money :mad:

anyway, im not gonna bother with computers anymore, way to expensive. The only way im dealing with comps, is for just normal taks, nothing too expensive and powerful to do. I think consols will do me better.
I don't really remember high end video cards ever costing that little...

The Geforce 2 GTS when I got it was more than 200 USD... and I got it as soon as it came out... same with the R9800Pro.... Same with the 6800GT....

[Anjelous]

CPU- Either my 2.93Ghz XE conroe or my Kentsfield, Kentsfield if it will run, Conroe otherwise (already have)
Mobo- AW9D-MaX (waiting for)
RAM- 1GB Kingston Value RAM DDR2 4200(will do 333Mhz no prob) (already have)
GPU- PCIE 6800GS @ 500/1200 (already have)
Case- Coolermaster Wavemaster Limited edition Blue (already have)
Harddrive-WD 120GB SE 8MB (already have)

[Ad1tya]

Im on a budget.. So... This is it..


CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 Ghz, 4mb L2 Cache)
Motherboard : DFI RD600 Based board (If its around 250$, If not, then Most probably an Asus P5B Deluxe)
RAM : GSkill DDR2-800 2GBHZ (Specially after the new Micron D9 Chips on em)
GPU : ATi x1900xt (As im sure, itll hit the 350$ Mark in 2 weeks)
Cooling : Swiftech H2O-220-APEX ULTRA Water Cooling Kit + MCW-60B GPU WaterBlock
Sound Card : Creative X-Fi Platinum (Already purchased)
Hard Drive : 500GB Hitachi/Western Digital SATA Drive (Maybe, just MAYBE, 2 of em)

[ted3]

Nice thread, shortens the suffering while waiting.
Will put a conroe in my current rig:
(Main use is DV/Mpeg2 video edit/encode + MS Flightsim2004)
- Asus P5LD2
- D930
- X1600XT
- 2x512MB DDR2-5300
- 2 WD 250GB/16MB in Raid-0
- Pioneer DVR-111D

Roadmap (-> July 23):
- Connie 6600 (preordered)
- Bad Axe (expected end of next week)
- 2GB Crucial Ballistix 667MHz 3-3-3-10
- Big Typhoon or XP120 (advises would be appreciated)
Somewhere along this road i will be adding one more Raid array and maybe a dedicated SataRaid controller with lots of cache.

And then i guess i wait for a DX10 GPU sometime before Flightsim X is launched.

[Blacklash]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
MB: I'd like the ATi RD600 mobo, or if it's late, Intel Badaxe.
RAM: 1GB x 2 Muskin Enhanced DDR-2 XP-2 6400 4-4-3-10 or 1GB x 2 Mushkin Redline XP-2 8000 4-5-4-11
HDD: Sticking with the dual WD 74gb raptors
GPU: X1900 XTX Crossfire
Case: Antec P180
PSU: PC P&C 1k watt PSU. I may try it with this 510 SLi first. It has done well with all in my sig.

[Ad1tya]

OT : @ Ted, where have you Pre ordered your E6600 from?

I was looking to do that same thing..
Some website based in USA, i hope?

[SewerSide]

6600 for starters.
mobo: what ever hits the highest FSB
ram: something over ddr2-1200 @ 4-4-4 would be a dream come true.
gfx: 1900xtx by the looks of it
other stuff doesnt really matter, just the usual.

[JPeitzman]

Cooler Master Stacker 830 in black if I can get my hands on one, otherwise a SilverStone TJ07-B

SilverStone Zeus 750watt PSU, thinking though about going to a PC P&C 1Kwatt or a Tagan 1100watt (does anyone know where I can get one in the states, I don't know much about these)

Intel 975X "Bad Axe" or Abit AW9D-MAX 975X
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, E6700, maybe move up to a X6800
Corsair XMS2 Pro 2GB (am open to any other suggestions from others)
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT (this thing is about $370 at ZipZoomFly!)
Western Digital Cavair SE16 250GB SATA 3.0GB/sec Hard Drive
Western Digital Cavair SE16 320GB SATA 3.0GB/sec Hard Drive

I have never used Intel or ATI before so I am hopeing for good things. Of course anything is really better than my current system. Does anyone know if the RD600 would be a better choice for this than a "Bad Axe" or Abit? I know this isn't really the thread to ask questions, but if anyone has any suggestions please pm me, thanks.

I don't know about everyone else here but I can't wait for Conroe!

This is my logic:

My new Conroe + my preorder of UT2007 = :slapass: :woot:

[vintage_guitar]

Cpu:E6600
Ram:Mushkin ddr2-800 4-4-3-10
Mobo:Asus p5b
GFX:7600gt(will upgrade to dx10 when applicable)
Case:P180B
Cooling:TTBT

[ted3]

OT : @ Ted, where have you Pre ordered your E6600 from?

I was looking to do that same thing..
Some website based in USA, i hope?

frag, i ordered from Denmark, www.shg.dk. They ship to many countries, more than 40 in their list inclucing China and some african countries, but cant see India listed there. Delivery date is July 23 anyway, and the price is a bit on the high side, i preordered just in case the local stores here will run out of stock before i can get one. I assume E6600 will be the one everybody wants, better be early in this small corner of the world (Norway) =)

[Burner27]

This my current rig:

Asus P5WD2 Premium WiFi/TV Tuner
Pentium 4 840D 3.2 Extreme Edition
4GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400
BFG 7800GTX OC
2 x Plextor PX-716a DVD Burner
2 x 400GB HDDs
2 x 500GB HDD
SB X-Fi XtremeMusic
Onboard 10/100/1000 NIC

I plan on only changing the CPU and Mobo. Probably something from Asus or Intel. Going to get the XE Core 2 Duo

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

Same as sig, with an E6400 ES (on its way to me now :D).

[okmijun]

@Atomicpineapple

Some questions about your mobo+CPU....
Does the mobo support DDR2-533? and it worx fine?
I saw your 805 is running on 4GHz, is it for benchmarking only or for everyday working/gaming?
If yes, then what are your everyday freq? 3.6, 3.8?
:toast:


@For all
Do I have to have at least DDR2-667 for Conroe, or I can go with DDR2-533?
...
Can I fit Zalman7700 on Intel975XBX?

[g.l.amour]

the lower end conroes seem like they might be able to clock to 450 +/- fsb; so i'd rather have ddr800 to go with that.

[Ad1tya]

@ Ted.. Damn :(.

I hope itll reach Fry's or something, and not run out, on the first day, so my Uncle can pick it up. Incase, newegg runs outta stock :(.

[Shnorque]

Well, if I have the money I may go for a mobo upgrade and the cheapest $mb cache chip there is. Otherwise I will likely stay with the 920...

[Kallenator]

This little baby :toast:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
MB: Depends on what board is nice, but would like RD600.
RAM: 2GB of somehing wild not to expensive.
Video: Thinking about X1900XTX if not prices are to high.
PSU:A Mist 500W or the one I have.
All under water of course :D
HDD same as now.

[Silver Bullet]

Antec NSK6500 or stick with P160, depends on review
2 x 92mm Nexus, 2 x 120mm Nexus B/W (if NSK6500)
Seasonic S12-600HT 600W (S12-600HT-F3BLR)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz 4MB L2 Cache
Thermalright SI-120 + Thermalright LGA775 RM For SI/XP-120 LGA775
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X2048-6400C4 (TWIN2X2048-6400C4)
Asus P5B Deluxe
7900GTX (XFX Extreme)
150GB Raptor
320GB WD (RAID 1)
Plextor 716SA & Plextor 755SA


Then wait on DX10 video cards and see how they do and also hybrid HDs too

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

@Atomicpineapple

Some questions about your mobo+CPU....
Does the mobo support DDR2-533? and it worx fine?
I saw your 805 is running on 4GHz, is it for benchmarking only or for everyday working/gaming?
If yes, then what are your everyday freq? 3.6, 3.8?
:toast:


@For all
Do I have to have at least DDR2-667 for Conroe, or I can go with DDR2-533?
...
Can I fit Zalman7700 on Intel975XBX?

It supports DDR2 and works fine my 805 runs at 4GHz for day to day use, havnt really bothered finding its max bench stable speed as its only going to be used for a while and 4GHz is enough.

[BlackX]

CPU: E6600
MB: RD600
RAM: 2GB DDR2-800
GPU: R580+
HDD: 2x 300GB 7200.10 RAID0

[zert]

an E6600 Conroe cpu
Artic freezer 7pro
ASUS/ABIT 590 bord and if that chipset isn't decent i'll go for an RD600
2GB OCZ or Gskill PC5400 (OC will be just on air)
x1800XT or 7900GT card (depends on what mobo i will get)
and my WD2500J disk
:YIPPIE:

[SepheronX]

Out of Curiousity, what kind of ULI motherboards will there be for Conroe? I became a ULI fanboy after my Asrock dualsata 2 ULI motherboard.

The one Asrock that supports DDR/DDR2 and has the Radeon 200x chipset northbridge and uli southerbridge, that one is catching my eye. (good price too!)

Oh and im gonna get the Aopen G-325 case :http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18439&vpn=G-325-SB&manufacture=AOPEN&promoid=1030

With good mushkind or Centon advance 2gig of DDR2667 ram.

For video? whatever that is half decent (x1800gto most likly cause it can unlock with the Connect3d verson) that will last me till DX10.

For motherboard, what I said above. But I guess also whatever comes out thats MATX and crossfire compatible (can happen, EVGA made a matx sli mobo!)

and finaly the E6300, something that I can overclock. (most likly the asrock motherboard will hold me back. But ill rethink on that mobo until I can find another price/performance board like my asrock today)

oh and the Turtlebeach Montegu or however it spelt, sound card. (love turtlebeach)

[JoeBar]

Replace my m/b with an asus 975 conroe compatible, a 6400 or 6600 and 2gb ddr2 800.

[pik-ard v1.1]

depending on how well they OC on average, either a E4200, E6300, or an E6400

if they only hit around 3.1-3.4GHz on air cooling, the 7x multi of the E6300 will put the ram at DDR2 900 to DDR2 1000, so may be optimal to get that.

motherboard... probably something either RD600 or i965 based

ram: teamgroup PC6400 ram looks nice

video card: 6600GT for now, then upgrade to to RV570XT (X1700XT, i believe)

cooling: whatever newest/best thing that thermalright has for conroe

everything else will be moved over from my current computer.

[zert]

Out of Curiousity, what kind of ULI motherboards will there be for Conroe? I became a ULI fanboy after my Asrock dualsata 2 ULi motherboard.
If i remember things right nVidia quit the chipdevelopment of ULI after they both ULi

[stone_cold_Jimi]

Out of interest, what Conroe rig would everyone put together if money was not an issue? Would you get the best chip available, or a 6600 or 6700 to see how far it would go?

[yoti]

Only E6300 ES, is on its way to me now :toast:

[3NZ0]

Will sell all 3 rigs, and get something :eek: worthy.

6700
2gb 6400ul
590 board or rd600 if its crap.
g80 sli if 590 or r600 xfire if rd600
4 150gb rappies raid 0
carry over my 400gig media drive and add another
tagan 1,1kw psu
xfi
v2000b /g70
dell 2407
join my 2 watercooling systems together for some serious ambiant temps.

not upgrading till xmas/after xmas, i want to see what ati/nvidia have in store for us.

[FN-Idiot]

This will be my first Intel box, had to happen sometime :)

Purchased so far:

Liquid cooling system
Koolance PC3-736BK
CPU Block CPU-305-V10
NB Block (no heat pipes for me)
2 x HD Blocks HD-55-L06
Vid card Block VID-200-L06 with VREG Block CHC-25-L06
Patriot 2 x 1GB 4-4-4 800MHz
Silverstone Zeus 650W
Creative X-FI XtremeMusic

Will purchase soon (I hope):

Sapphire X1900XT
2 x 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16
Thinking about a Plextor PX-755A
Mobo will most likely be ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
CPU will be E6700

I should see a really big improvement over my current 754 A64 3000+ (ok I can already hear some of you saying/thinking no DUH).

Anyway, I'm waiting very impatiently for the mobo and cpu release. Hope they are readily available on July 23rd :).

Peace all.

[illidan]

e6600
dfi mobo
2gb gskill or corsair
7600gt

[thecoldanddark]

If I can swing the money, I would get the 4200 or lower 6xxx series and a new mobo, right now I have a 551 and a the 925xe asus motherboard.

[JimboJoe43]

It is nice to have this forum and all the nice people that give benchmarks and info on upcoming technology. This has definetely given me an idea of the kind of PC I want to build.

Case - Lian Li PC7077 $200 (luxury case but it is a must have)
CPU - E6600 $300
MB - ASUS P5B Deluxe (probably) $250?
RAM - Gskill 2GB PC2 6400 $245 (PATRIOT PC2-8000 DDR2 XBL if they go < $300.. but doubtful)
VID - The best one available at <= $150
DVD - NEC 3550 $40
HD - 2x 320GB Barracuda 7200.10 $240
PSU - Zeus 650W or FSP 700W $170

Comes to about $1600.

I don't want to spend alot on a vid card since DX10 cards are coming out soon. I figure it will be a while before something comes along that taxes conroe. At that time I'll get an aftermarket heatsink or get into watercooling.

Holding off on a soundcard and speakers.. Will get those when I replenish my moneys from this build. :)

[Sneaky]

(¯`•._.•[ Project Three Mile Island - Revision. D2 ]•._.•´¯)



Case/Components:
Enclosure: Custom Black Wrinkle Powdercoated Mountain Mods U2-UFO w/ Original Top

Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz Conroe

Motherboard: Asus P5WD2-E Premium 975X (Conroe Supporting)

Memory: 2GB (2x1GB) G.Skill F2-8000PHU1-1GBHZ DDR2-1000/PC2-8000 (4-4-4-5)

Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon x1900XTX 512MB PCI-Express x16
Sapphire ATI Radeon x1900 Crossfire Edition 512MB PCI-Express x16

Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 7.1 PCI Sound Card

Storage: 2x Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000RPM 16MB Cache SATA (RAID 0)
2x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA II (Backup Drives)

5.25 Devices: 2x Black Samsung CD-RW/DL DVD burner combo drives

Power: PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 1KW 1000 Watt Crossfire Edition


CPU Water Cooling (1/2" ID Loop):

CPU Block: Little River Waterblocks Storm G5

Radiator: Thermochill PA120.3 Radiator

Radiator Shrouds: 2x Thermochill PS120.3 Shrouds + neoprene gaskets

Pumps: 2x Laing DDC-2TP Rev. 2 "Plus" w/ Alphacool Acrylic Tops

Fillport/Reservoir: Alphacool Cape AGB2 Polished Copper Circular Reservoir

Tubing: 100 feet Masterkleer 1/2" ID, 13/16" OD (5/32" Wall) Tubing

Hose Clamps: 10x 316 Stainless Steel Worm Drive Hose Clamps 9/16" band 1" max. ID


GPU Water Cooling (3/8" ID Loop):

GPU Blocks: 2x Swiftech MCW-60

Radiator: HW Labs Black GT Stealth 240

Pumps: Laing DDC-2TP Rev. 2 "Plus" w/ Alphacool Acrylic Top

Fillport/Reservoir: Alphacool Cape AGB2 Polished Copper Circular Reservoir

Tubing: 25 feet Masterkleer 3/8" ID, 5/8" OD (1/8" Wall) Tubing

Hose Clamps: 10x 316 Stainless Steel Worm Drive Hose Clamps 9/16" band 7/8" max. ID

Misc. Cooling:

CPU Radiator Fans: 6x Delta WFB1212ME 120x38mm Fans

GPU Radiator Fans: 2x Delta WFB1212M 120x25mm Fans

Case Fans: 4x Delta WFB1212M 120x25mm Fans

RAM Sinks: 16x OCZ Copper BGA RAM Sinks




Tasty, Eh? :woot:

[WildEye]

@Sneaky...

Did you typo the length of your tubing? 100 feet for the cpu loop? ~33 meters? thats ALOT of head needed on those pumps :)

[kais]

e6600
aerocool extremeengine3t
2 GB ocz ddr2 800
either a 965 or 975 board, no use for crossfire.

[Nazu]

My budget is limited but I try to get the best parts with it :)

Core Duo 2 E6300 or 6400
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Cheap 2x1GB ddr2 667 or 2x512MB ddr2 800 Performance memory like Crucial Ballistix

No graphic card upgrade this time cos I don't have the money for it, but then I don't play much so my 6800GS is more than enough for now.

[Super Nade]

Nothing too fancy for me:

2 x x1800xl 512Mb-->XT CF
E6600
Supermicro PWS0056 PSU
ASUS 975X
Custom Dual loop Phase
2Gb of RAM (have not decided yet)

This build is going to take more than a few months, unless I win the lottery :)

[MrRamon]

This will be my first Intel box, had to happen sometime :)

Purchased so far:

Liquid cooling system
Koolance PC3-736BK
CPU Block CPU-305-V10
NB Block (no heat pipes for me)
2 x HD Blocks HD-55-L06
Vid card Block VID-200-L06 with VREG Block CHC-25-L06
Patriot 2 x 1GB 4-4-4 800MHz
Silverstone Zeus 650W
Creative X-FI XtremeMusic

Will purchase soon (I hope):

Sapphire X1900XT
2 x 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE16
Thinking about a Plextor PX-755A
Mobo will most likely be ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
CPU will be E6700

I should see a really big improvement over my current 754 A64 3000+ (ok I can already hear some of you saying/thinking no DUH).

Anyway, I'm waiting very impatiently for the mobo and cpu release. Hope they are readily available on July 23rd :).

Peace all.


i have the same block for my video card(sapphire x1900xtx) and get about 40C(690/800) full load looped with my cpu on a thermaltake w/c setup heh. I actually own a the Tai Chi case which is so huge. I just bought the voltage reg block/mcp-350/MCR-220 just for my vid card... heh.... will update with the temps for ya by monday!!

[jdam]

I think im going with the intel bad axe, an E6700 and i'll buy another set of same ram so i have 2gig, 4x512 DDR2-675. The timings are kinda crap tho 5-5-5-10 iirc.

i only wish i can run it 10x333 24/7, anything higher than that is just a bonus for me.

[David_L6]

E6700: (would like to have the X6800, but not at the price it'll sell for.)

CPU cooler: Zalman 9500

Mobo: not sure just yet. Thinking of ordering an Intel D975XBX and going ahead getting the computer together so all I'll have to do is buy the Conroe once it's released. I have a P4 670 I can use until then.

Case: Cooler Master Stacker 810 - I already have one (still in the box it came in). I bought it just for this build.

I'll be robbing some things from one of my present computers to complete the build. The P4 670 I mentioned above, plus a BFG 7800 GTX, an Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX (600 watts) PSU, 2 X 74GB WD Raptor hard drives, 2 X 1GB of 533MHz DDR2, and some kind of opitical drive. I have several to choose from.....

First upgrade from there will be faster memory. Then probably one of the nVidia G80 series video cards once they're released.

[Supertim0r]

waiting : E6700 ES
waiting : gskill ddr2
got : Thermaltake Mini Typhoon
got : 92mm delta
got : Bax Axe 304 (x2)
got : 520w powerstream (x2)
got : 7900GTs
got : 4 x 750gig seagate
got : drives, floppy
maybe : a case ?