2 months out...
But what will the best choices be for a Conroe rig:
Mobo: Model XXX
Conroe: Model XXX
Cooling:
Ram:
Videocard(s):
PSU:
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2 months out...
But what will the best choices be for a Conroe rig:
Mobo: Model XXX
Conroe: Model XXX
Cooling:
Ram:
Videocard(s):
PSU:
I am sticking with my x1900xt for my games.
ram 8000ul
Too early to tell isnt it? :P
But I've thought about Conroe + G80, or Dual Woodcrest + G80, or something in that direction ! ;)
Dunno what about ya charlie , But I started picking up stuff ...
Bought Super Talent DDR2 Kit on ebay - PC2-8000, T1000UX2G5, 2X1GB.
As for mobo, will wait for Dfi to come out with their products.
conroe model and psu still too early to decide.
I think we've got this figured out
Mobo: Albatron
Conroe: XE :D
Cooling: phase
Ram: high end 2x1gb
Videocard: x1900 CF
PSU: Zippy 850
Or more likely in my case, 200$ board, whatever Conroe i can get, 1gb mediocre DDR2 (prolly going to upgrade it in ~7 months when DDR2 gets much better), keepin my 7900GT, was thinking about a new PSU but don't know whats hot these days.
doesn't apply to conroe specifically, but check out this 750w silverstone w/ 4x 12v rails @18 amps apiece. only $210 too.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256006
Heh, but for people like me with a single GPU and a Conroe, i don't think we will need too much power. 170 @ 3+ Ghz and 7900GT run great on 485w PSU, Conroe will consume LESS power, i think non CF/SLI guys won't need 600+w.
Ok Conroe and RAM........
Deep subject. So Conroe will have low multi's like 7-10? Maybe 11?
That means the boards will need to clock well. And the ram... the ram will fly. Looks like everyone will run 400-450mHz (DDR800-900) prob at 4-4-4 because there IS NO D9.
Oh yeah... on Vapo LS the Conroe will be SOOO ridiculously fast. 10 sec superPi?
Mmmmmm... Conroe XE :slobber:
Mobo: Model XXX (unknown, will wait and see)
Conroe: Model e4300 (9x mutli for cheap)
Cooling: 7700cu probably (have one now)
Ram: 2x1gb, whatever's cheap and fast (no ddr2 atm)
Videocard(s):7800gtx (or x1800xt if a can swap with someone)
PSU:coolmax 450w (should be more than enough)
should be good :)
will conroe XE be 10 x 333 = 3.33gHz??
Will it have UP unlocked multi's?
Or 9 x 333 = 3Ghz.Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
Noone knows what the XE's speed will be ATM i think.
Woodcrest 5160 is 9 x 333 :)
7800gtx cards will be the way to go for me. cheap as ice cream these days.
Doesn't SuperTalent have D9? Though it's no fatbody it can preform pretty good, seeing what FUGGER did with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
But on-topic:
Mobo: Abit, Asus or DFI(most likely), though if there any other good brands I'll pick that one.
Conroe: 6600 or 6700 or something like that.
Cooling: Single Stage Phase Change (by unkown_road, he is making one for me at the moment.:banana: )
Ram: 2x1 GB Supertalent D9 or 4x1GB Supertalent D9, don't know if it is usefull...
Videocard(s): X800GTO2 T.E.C. cooled, since the conroe takes up al my money.:p:
PSU: Don't know yet, OCZ GameXStream looks tempting, or just a normal Tagan would do it.
Mobo: Model XXX Abit, ASUS, (first good brand I can) DFI :crossfingers:
Conroe: Model XXX 2.13GHZ E6400
Cooling: Air XP90/Si-120 + 2 120mm Panaflos
Ram: Last minute
Videocard(s):7800gtEVGA
PSU: (Overkill) Fan Modded Sparkle FSP550-PLG-SLI 550W Single/36A+12v
AFAIK there will be an E8000 3,33Ghz FSB 1333Mhz 4MB L2 cache TDP 95W. This beast is scheduled for Q4 and will cost $ 1199.
Do you have a link to that? Then I want it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by the farmer
My guess is that the XE version will cost 999$ as every other Intel XE's.
charlie.. it will be dfi cf i975x for sure for the board.
non XE will be the highest clocked 2.67ghz (E6700)
and cooling :) just wat you like ;)
Mobo: Albatron PXP965 (looks very interesting to me) - might be around 200€Quote:
Originally Posted by Absolute_0
Conroe: I will go for the E6400 I think (70$ less than 6600, but I still don't know how much 2mb L2 will affect the performance) - 240€
Cooling: Water (Triple Swiftech/Cooltek -> quiet) - already here
Ram: 2x1 Gig - best bang für app. 200 €
Video: 7900GT - under 300€, looks delicous! or due to costs 7600GT
PSU: huh, I don't know :(
All I want is a nice, fast, quiet and cost effective (don't know a better description *doh*) rig ;) I don't want to pay much more than 1k€ (especially because I will be a student soon).
but I really think that CF and SLI is useless for most people, especially as I saw some people running SLI with 19" CRT (*helloooooo?!* :slapass: )
furthermore I've had MCI/MDT DDR1 Ram for several years, and they came out fast enough for my needs (always the first choosing the sides in CoD2 *kehkeh*) with decent OC (e.g. 225 with 2,5-3-3-5 or 200 with 2-3-2-5 ; stock 200 and 2,5-3-3-8). today 2 gig of MCI/MDT DDR2-667 only cost about 140€!
but still, the E4300 looks interesting too (9*Multiplier...)
E8000Quote:
Originally Posted by Salvador
Price is a bit early to say i think :).
Yes. And No. To give it all:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waus-mod
Launch in Q3'06
E6300
E6400
E6600, en 2,40Ghz Dual Core 4Mb L2 cache 1066MHz FSB. TDP 65W
E6700, en 2,67Ghz Dual Core 4Mb L2 cache 1066Mhz FSB. TDP 65W
Launch in Q4'06
E4200
E6200
E6500
E6800, 2,93Ghz Dual Core 4Mb L2 cache 1066Mhz FSB. TDP 65W
E6900, 3,20Ghz Dual Core 4Mb L2 cache 1066Mhz FSB. TDP 65W?
E8000, 3,33Ghz Dual Core 4Mb L2 cache 1333Mhz FSB. TDP 95W
I will ask to when I can release my machine specs, you will all be surprised.
Mobo: Bad Axe rev 304 or some other high end Intel board
Conroe: probably E6600
Cooling: Tt Big Typhoon (already have)
Ram: 4x512 PC4300 (already have) might upgrade
Video: eVGA 6800 GS OCed (already have)
PSU: Antec Trueblue 2.0 480 Watt (more than enough)
Yeah, i forgot my self. Look at my post over this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by the farmer
Don't think that Intel will charge more than 999$ as far as I'm concerned. Rather that the Q3 models will have price cuts when Q4 models arrive :)
But sorry OP, for all the Off topic;)
Most certain that I will cool my Conroe/Woodcrest with quiet Air :stick:
Edit: To compare, a Woodcrest 5160 (9x333) I have heard to cost 851$, or somewhat around there.
im thinking e6600, corsair xms 2x 1gb pc 6400 (or whatever is proven at the time), x1800xt in cf ($650 new) or x1900xtx (unless nvidia decides to support conroe, then its up in the air), 250gb hd(seagate), new power supply and cooling (air). the motherboard is what i am uncertain on yet. i like abit, but asus and dfi will also be an option.
i think these conroes will have no problems hitting 3.3ghz+ on good air cooling. 400X9 would just rock however :slapass:
the whole setup should cost about $1400-$1500 depending on what i do for video cards... i can hardly wait :explode:
So the E6700 will be the first high ender to hit our dirty paws. That's a 10x multi... I'd expect maybe 3500mHz on AIR. I mean if the E8000 will hit 3.33 Intel certified to run in a closet in Kuala Lumpur... how high in a cool room with a BT?
That's like 4.3ghz fx-60, lol...
Ok anyways so assuming a 3500mHz target we'll need 10 x 350. What divider you gonna run? 2:1 throws you into 700mhz land... what will run there? So shall we hit it with a divider that allows us to run as high as we can @ 4-4-4?? Maybe shoot for 500mHz? 3:4? Or higher @ cas5?
thats one of the problems.. would conroe love 1:1 and tight timings or massive memmory mhz's with loose latency's. we dont know yet
Don't know about you guys, but I've been too busy praying that my old lady will let me spend the money to build a new Conroe/Celly-M-DFI Cross Fire-Dual X1800XT-Crucial RAM-Danger Den wc'd-WD Raptor HD rig that I haven't had much time to think about what parts I want :eek:
Today after 10 years of faithful service to AMD I am renouncing my loyalty to the Green Machine and announcing my alliegence to Intel.
Everyone else who feels the same, you are welcome to come to my house next saturday night for a flag burning cerimony, and the raising of a new Intel flag in my back yard.
Forget D9 chips.
Did you all see Victor's post of the new OCZ modules he has?
http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=98387
550+ mhz at 4-4-4-4
Does anyone still care about microns old chips knowing we can get memory like that!?
don't be so quick, you can see The Stilt's D9's doing 570 @ 4-3-3 in the same thread. yes i know its only 2x512mb.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimboJoe43
:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by JimboJoe43
Good ram
Unfortunately i tried looking up the price and its going for 300 GBP...
@ Alex 2gb is pretty much the only way to go for gamers IMO :), i was planning on getting cheap 1gb kit and upgrading to a good 2gb kit because they're improving so fast, maybe i can get good 2gb kit right off the bat because it's lookin so good. I don't care about performance 1gb kits.
You're right I would go with 2gb's if I were gaming, so I agree with what you're saying, but I was thinking in terms of benching instead of running a gaming rig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Absolute_0
Yeah totally for benching D9s are still doing great. I was just amazed to see such good stuff in a 2gb package! I'll probably still get 1gb and upgrade to 2gb towards the end of the year. these good 2gb kits are just TOO expensive.
I could understand if you wanted to leave things at stock to pay these prices, but if you're going to OC it doesn't really make sense to get the highest possible stock chip. It won't help you OC better at all, and usually just means that the chip will have less headroom to OC vs. the lower clocked versions of the same core.Quote:
Originally Posted by the farmer
The 6600 seems to be the one to get for OC'ing as its the cheapest one with a 4MB L2 and the 1066Mhz FSB (vs. starting out trying to OC from 1333Mhz...) should pretty much garantee an easy OC on air and phase change.
I doubt you'll be needing any sort of special low latency RAM for Conroe either, that huge L2 and the memory disambiguation hardware will probably make any sort of low latency gains even more negligable than they already are. If it turns out that memory dividers have a performance penalty than all we'll need is RAM capable of hitting very high clocks regardless of latency.
Personally I hope that mem. dividers don't really effect anything, like I've said before I've never had any real luck OC'ing RAM and it seems like you're going to need some real impressive stuff to be able to OC the FSB high enough where the CPU starts to become the limting factor and not the RAM (this is all assuming that we get overclocks like those with ES's have been getting though...).
I was suspicious there was something like that going on. Well I appreciate you bending the rules where you can :DQuote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
ram: soon to be announced :)
I agree totally.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
About the oc'ing. RAM was never the problem for me, the X2 4400 (first batch in Holland) was the bad guy. Won't do more then 200Mhz overclock :slapass: .
Yea, early adopters usually get screwed regardless of wether they buy Intel or AMD.Quote:
Originally Posted by the farmer
That is why I'm not going to jump on AM2 or Conroe when they first become available. I'm gonna wait at least a month or 2 for the bugs to get worked out of the motherboards (or at least a fixed BIOS release) and the drivers til' I buy.
Hopefully by then I'll have my phase change setup back from chilly1 to play with to keep me from letting my money burn any holes through my pocket.
Depending on what is possible on Conroe under phase, then the XE might be the best chip to get simply because of the unlocked multi (12x - 60x), otherwise you could be limited to about 3.5Ghz (10 x 350) on a E6700, which may even be possible on air... therefore the phase change would be wasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by the farmer
Imagine if Conroes will do 4Ghz - 5Ghz under phase? :cool:
I woulda thought that they would be able to do 4-5ghz, it would surely be a good thing..Quote:
Originally Posted by Durzel
What do you guys think an E6400 compares to in AMD terms. I am parting out my system now and putting the $ into a savings account until the E6400 or E6600 comes out. not sure which I will get yet.
I will be selling:
dfi ultra-d MB
2gb of Mushkin xp4000
Opteron 148
xp90 w/ delta fan
old x-navigor aspire case.
I already have everything else I need, i know I won't get much $ for my current hardware. But I don't want to spend hundreds more then I need to get similir performance.
Looking forward to it :).Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
If dividers doesn't hurt performance on Conroe then you don't need a high multi. I hope like mesyn191 that's the case. Normally I buy the lowest number of the highest cache (the E6600 in this case).Quote:
Originally Posted by Durzel
9x350 with divider 3/5 make 5250Ghz looks fine to me :).
I would say it's to early to call. We don't know if dividers and cache hurts performance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daveb2012
similir perfomance LOL.... the E6400 will smash everything.. then again your opty 148 is no competition for conroe ;) so sell all of it
I hope it will be 10x333 , after all Conroe XE has higher TDP freedom ( 95w ) compared with 9x333 Woodcrest ( 80w) .Quote:
Originally Posted by Salvador
Asus i965, maybe DeluxeQuote:
Originally Posted by charlie
E6600 with plans to overclock to 3GHz but will settle for 2.7GHz.
OCZ DDR2 667 since we already saw 5-5-5-15 can do.
Antec TP 2.0 SLI 550W I already have, I think Conroe systems will use less power.Use my X800XL until the rumored price cuts on the 7900GT or X1900XL. Might look at Crossfire.
My current plan is to get the following for Conroe:
CPU: Core Duo E6600
mobo: prolly an i975X-based mobo, though not the Intel one (slot arrangement doesn't fit my needs)
GPU: If ATi ever comes around to add Master-less CF for my current X1800XT, I might consider getting another one now that they're below 300 Euros. This might effect my motherboard choice, too.
RAM: not sure which company, but 2x1024MB modules, PC6400-rated
cooling: Cathar's Storm G4-based water cooling sys, already in use
PSU: Enermax Liberty 480W, got it only a couple of months ago, works nicely.
are all these conroes? or Kentsfield? in Q4 more conroes coming out? n then in Q1 Kentsfield Quad core scheduled to be released?? isnt thing moving too fast? i mean, new batch of procs almost every half yr...:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Salvador
my budget is limited as a poor student :P
so i probably will go for the:
E6700 : 2,67Ghz cus it has the same multi as the XE
a 7900GT probably
ram is still pretty vague, some ddr2-800?
i allready have a silverstone 560W (i think it will hold (12v line =38A)
i bet 10 pounds of beef that its an elitegroup board :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
yea, wouldnt we all like to know .:D i dont think people will be gettinng much more overclock with phase cooling ,then water . when i played with dothan and phase , i could only oc the cpu 200 mhz more , and im suspecting conroe ,will be maybe just a bit better , but since the pipelines are shorter ,i doubt they will oc so high , hope im wrong though .
Based on what we've seen so far 4Ghz miiight be possible with phase, but 5Ghz? Even with LN2 I don't think you'll be able to get to that speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Durzel
Anyways, I'd rather have working FSB dividers with no performance penalty than have to get crazy high FSB speeds to OC. Makes things soooo much easier and saves money too as you can get away with using the value RAM DDR2 instead of spending a bundle on OC'ing RAM.
How will Conroe and its supporting chipsets handle 4GB(4x1GB)? That's what I'm hoping for in a Conroe build.
I am running a next generation ATI chipset. (hearing brakes lock up)
This will be the hot board this summer.
That is all the information I can give at this time.
4GB is fine with Conroe
With Conroe, it is possible to disable one core from bios and force all 4MB cache on one core. This will yield a higher overclock of a few hundred Mhz.
is nt he a teaser :woot: nice to know fuggerQuote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
OMG! :slobber:
Thats great news Fugger. :toast: New ATI chipset huh? Maybe wait on that Bad Axe...
One core is going to be faster than the other, can we expect the worse core to be disabled?Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
Of course i've got single threaded benchmarks @ maximum speed in mind ;)
:chicken: oh you tease! :banana:...Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
*has visions of crossfire without a master card*
New Ati chipset faster and/or more overclockable than Intel? Would be interesting if true.
I have decided nothing yet but I tend to favour the 900w Tagan psu
Regards
Andy
would it Seasonic S-12 430BH be enough for Conroe rig?
I'll take:
Asus P5B Deluxe :)
Core Duo E6600 :slobber:
2048 MB SyncMax DDR2-800 (Elpida based) 4-4-4-12 @ 1,9 V
+ my 7800 GTX
+ 4x250 Gig Samsung RAID5 + 2x160 Gig Samsung RAID0
http://home.htp-tel.de/wknappe/yonahstuff/DSCN0737.JPG
cu, BitpowerPM
i have a question, a silly it might be, but would someone mind explaining, why people are choosing the PC6400 RAMs instead of those PC8000 ones? shouldnt the PC8000 ones would be able to yield higher overclocks? somethin like PC4800 DDR1 which guarantees u 300Mhz?
why asus if we can get dfi ;)
Man Im glad I joined up. Loadz happening on XS :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
Cant wait to hear what that chipset can do.
Would that be the R600 chipset?Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
I was reading a bit about that chipset and somewhere it says that motherboards with this chipset can handle physics while a video card could do everything else. This in turn would eliminate the need for those extra physics cards.
Do you know anything about that?
Also read that ATI has already sent out Directx10 devkits to video game creators. ATI seems to have gotten really cozy with Microsoft :smileysex At the moment it looks like ATI is doing alot of things right. Haven't heard too much out of the nvidia camp except that my future intel based system I invest in will not have enough bandwidth to support SLI :rolleyes:
looks good with the asus board ,but lacking 2x8 or 2x16 when running crossfire ? its simalar to 955 chipset with one at 8 and other at 4 .when in cf mode . im not sure though.
Uhm Charles, that sure sounds like a killer in 01/03/AM3 when disabling :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
When DFI releases their Conroe board we can say "merry christmas"... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waus-mod
:fact:Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :eek: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
That's awsome, maybe I should wait to build a computer this summer...
I didn't known Christmas was in August? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BitpowerPM
Where? Please help, I now wanted new bh5 ram pair. thxQuote:
Originally Posted by Vassili
Sorry ,my oFF:rolleyes:
So what is the NDA date for Conroe specs's officially? Also I heard this morning that it will run on existing I865 motherboards (yes, AGP, DDR1, etc.) Can anyone confirm or deny this information? I believe the INQ posted the story this morning.
Do you REALLY think DFI Conroe Board is avaible in August ? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Vassili
I believe it first, when I see it. ;) :stick:
I believe Intel is launching Conroe at Computex.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickster_64
I'm surprised there has been no details for an nvidia chipset for Conroe, delays perhaps?
Quote:
Originally Posted by thephenom
That was no wiseman, he was a fool
:slapass:
:shock: when can we expect more infos about that board/chipset? :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
Unless for benching I don't really see the need for a high-end Conroe. Maybe a dual-G80 or dual-R600 setup can really stress it, but even then I doubt that at high resolutions the Conroe will be limitting performance any time soon.
Mobo: ASUS or DFI (Maybe)
Conroe: E6600 (I think is new 2.4C) or E6300
Cooling: Zalman 7000Cu (already have)
Ram: 512MB x2
Videocard(s): Gigabyte GF6200 (already have)
PSU: Enermax 535W
never underestimate the inefficiency of code :DQuote:
Originally Posted by alexio
the i865 chipset can do it with oc' but the problem is the older vrm spec on the currently shipping boards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickster_64
so the answer must be: no
new boards with proper vrm: yes
is no one else sceptical about the la grande thing in the i965/ich8 chipset? :hm:
Mobo: ? with i975x or ati RD600
CPU: E6600
Mem: 2x 1GB
GPU: X800 XT (still good enough)
Cooling: Water
mobo : i975x asus? abit? dfi?
ram 2x512 d9 fatbody
CPU: E6600 or E6700
GPU:x800xl (already have)
cooling: water and my chilly 1 dod:D (already have)
PSu: enermax liberty 620 or antec neo he 550
:toast:
QTF ...there's a huge difference from getting a code that makes something happen, and getting one that does it with the fewest lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Der_KHAN
Anyway, on to my hopeful specs.
MOBO:: (undecided.. maybe ASUS with whatever chipset looks to be the best)
CPU:: E6600
RAM:: 2x1gb pc8000
GPU:: x1900xt (or better depending on what's out and what mood I'm in)
PSU:: OCZ Powerstream 520W
I won't be buying until late Q4'06 for various reason, so I'll have plently of time to figure out what chipset runs well and see if the next generation of GPUs are worth buying (or make the current ones dirt cheap).
This surely will be a massive upgrade from my P4 2.6 northwood, I knew there was a good reason I was waiting till I couldn't stand it any more to upgrade, I'm going to have some fun with conroe :D.
Hmm I wonder which ASUS nforce board will support Conroe. Perhaps one with the new nforce 5.
Who thinks an mATX motherboard for Conroe will be available at or near the time of Conroe's launch?
I'm thinking I'll wait till a little closer in to sell off my CPU/Mobo/RAM... just gotta hope there aren't any X2 3800+ price cuts in the meantime of any significance!
im thinking about the Bad Axe board myself, though i tend to lean towards stability over mad OCing. Last thing i want is a hiccup during a heated BF2 match :)
Yeah, I know the feeling... I still clock high for fun, but then find a very stable setting so my everyday usage and gaming don't crash on me ever due to the overclock :). The last thing I want is a crash during a round of fun :D !Overclocking to me is having fun and then getting more for your money out of the CPU, not a competition to be the fastest in the world at all costs, stability be damned :). However, both ways are valid if you ask me :cool: .Quote:
Originally Posted by flakpyro
These Conroes sure look exciting, I can't wait to see what unfolds this summer.
No idea, what board, cpu and ram to get... Let you all have a play around then I will make up my mind :D
Intresting too see FUGGER using next gen ATi Chipset. That could well be the one to get.
Glad that 4GB also works...
Mine will be something like this:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600
MB: 975X, maybe the Bad Axe, don't know yet, or maybe the Asus or the Abit
RAM: 2x1GB PC2-6400
GPU: XFX 7600GT xXx (standing next to me.. darn AGP board I have atm)
PSU: Enermax Liberty 500W (500W should be enough)
E6600 + 7900GT + mobo ???
all other, i hope, will be enough from my current rig
Me personally I'm thinking:
E6700 (need the high multi)
1) Vapo LS - Black with PC65B case
2) XXX Motherboard
3) Memory... some good PC8000, Maybe OCZ Extreme Stuff if available... or the Patriot XBLK PC8000
4) PSU, I like the new Mushkin 650W unit...
5) 2 x X1900XTX
@charlie
mushkin to supply 2 x1900? FAR NOT ENOUGH
OK, you twisted my arm... PC Power and Cooling 1K :D then!Quote:
Originally Posted by \Karting_freak
Damn electricity bill will get more expensive. I know here in NY the cost of electricity came up like 50% im payin $130 for 1 bdr aprtment and its not summer out:( Last monts when i used my chiller bill was $180. I'm afraid to think what it will be when il turn on two of my hoem AC units and the damn chiller:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
If I have a Conroe/Vapo/Crossfire rig I think I'll turn it OFF when I'm away...that's a bit too hungry for 24/7!
Heh
Nice sig btw charlie.
I feel a presence, something i've not felt since... Northwood.
The dark side might be stronger ;)
ahahaha. Awesome analogy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Absolute_0
Ummm... Conroe shortage I foresee, high markups all around. Search for best offers we must.:p:
On the more serious side I WANT to see what ATI and Nvidia will offer in their chipsets, but I doubt I will travel down that road again.
Allmost every time I save a couple of bucks on a non Intel chipset I got burned by some stupid incompatibility down the road. :slapass:
I'm sure they will have all the fancy names for their "super" features who buys into that anyway:nono:
________
CHILDREN DEPAKOTE
Sorry for the bump
But i was just wondering, how much will a conroe (e6600) with a decent board (asus, intel bad axe, dfi) and good memory come to be?
In the us tht is ofcourse
I will be going with
1) Conroe E6700 2.66 with Chilly1 SS for 24/7, aluminum mousepot for benching, maybe XE if it is clocking alot higher and if it has unlocked multis.
2) DFI/Asus 975X or R600 Motherboard
3) Single X1900XTX (X1950XTX if that is out?) cooled by VF-900 or whatever air cooler is best at the time, cooled by Chilly1 SS for benching. Maybe something cheaper until DX10 hits.
4) 2GB of good DDR2, depends what is out when Conroe launches.
5) Sparkle 550w PSU (36A single rail goodness for cheap) or maybe Mushkin PSU
Working on designing up a solid copper CPU/VGA LN2 containers to make it really fly. :)
Mobo: Probably Asus P5B Deluxe (965x) or any 975 if there is a small difference price wise.
Conroe: Model E6600
Cooling: Stock**
Ram: Surely OCZ. Probably 1GB DDR800 XT (good value)
Videocard: 7600GT or 7900GT. I have to think about future DX10. a small price drop on the 7900GT would help.
PSU: This is an unknown thing. I was for a Thermaltake, but look like people don't like this. ( I have a 420W for 3 year without problem, but..)
** My computer case is a Silverstone TJ06. 2 120mm fan push and pull air in a tunnel only for the ram and CPU. In my test, it dropped the temp of 3C to 5C. Maybe will buy something other, but I don'T think the Conroe is a very "hot" chip.
Still an over $1000 upgrade.