Final clarification regarding Conroe MB support

[Mr.X]

Ave,

Don't know if this the right place. Was going to start a new thread, then i saw this pile-up and thought maybe this is a better place.

I've been waiting for almost a month now, ready to build a new rig, all of the other components decided & ready to purchase... but i'm just waiting for a Motherboard that suits my needs. Which is basically,

- Core 2 Duo Ready
- Crossfire Ready

Thus far i haven't spotted a single motherboard in the market that is ready for both these features. Anyone heard of any motherboards out in the market or releasing soon which support these two features?

I will be building my rig based on the Intel D 930 chip (I won't be purchasing a Core 2 Duo immideately, i'll wait for prices to go down)... but i don't want to replace my motherboard 6 months from now when i decide to get a Core 2 Duo, which is why i want a compatible motherboard now.

Rest of my system looks like this:

- Intel® Pentium® Processor 930 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 2x2MB Cache, Dual Core Retail
- Sunbeamtech SUNNU550-US-BK Nuuo 550 Watt Power Supply (Black) Retail
- G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 300GB 3.5 SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
- GIGABYTE Radeon X1300 GV-RX13256DP-RH Video Card - Retail
- ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler - Retail
- ARCTIC SILVER Ceramique Thermal Compound - Retail
- Pioneer 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Read Black ATAPI Model DVR-111D

Just waiting for a Core 2 Duo/Crossfire ready motherboard.

Mickey

I'm in a similar situation as you. I'll be getting conroe at the end of the year and I'm waiting for a Core 2 Duo/Sli ready Mobo.
Until i get conroe i'll probably get a Pentium D 805 and overclock the hell out of it but as you, I first need a MoBo that supports conroe.

[The Stilt]

I got this aswer from Asus, when I requested a Core 2 supporting bios for my reworked P5WD2-E board:

"After checked with our RD, due to the normal life circle of our product, P5WD2-E Premium doesn’t support Conroe before PCB 1.03G rev.

So even you change the VRM, due to the circuit limitation, the 1.02G rev motherboard still will not work with Conroe CPU."