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

[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..

[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?

[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

[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. 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?

[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

[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?

[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

[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?

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

cheers for the info

[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

cheers for the info

I will hopefully be building a large Rosetta farm using them when they are available.

[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.