Which Conroe Will You Be Buying?

[tikiman44]

I'm so excited for Conroe!! Finally to have an Intel processor in my system that will stop bottlenecking my video cards (to a point)! Needless to say I will be upgrading on launch day. I was just so suprised that I was able to convince my wife. :lol:

Basically what I'm wondering is which Conroe will you be buying or will you hold on to your 939, or maybe wait for quad core?

Use the poll.

CHECK OUT MY BLOG ABOUT CONROE:

http://www.sewellsupport.com/archives/tikiman-news-am2-launched-but-intel-soon-to-rain-on-amds-parade

 

[RichPLS]

I am anxiously awaiting Dec for me to get the E6800 for $530 or even less!
The thought of owning more performance than a FX-62 for half the price, plus having more overclocking headroom than AMD ever had... puts a sly grin on my face...

 

[Skidd]

Well i think im going for a E6600 at the end of the year. Hoping it falls within the right cost bracket for me. Well that and a new motherboard im going to be needing as well.

 

[RichPLS]

and DDR2 memory... which is the same as if you did go for AM2... minus the performance and low cost, but with more heat!

 

[tikiman44]

E6700 For me! I really like the possibility of going over 3GHz on my liquid cooling setup.

 

[tikiman44]

and DDR2 memory... which is the same as if you did go for AM2... minus the performance and low cost, but with more heat!

t-break previewed the Core 2 Duo and this is what they said about the temperatures:

According to the motherboard we tested this CPU on, the BIOS was reporting temperatures of under 30 degrees C on idle and a little less than 40 under load- again, mighty impressive.

http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?cat=cpu&id=456&pagenumber=9

 

[Skidd]

I have DDR2 ram already. Good DDR2 ram. So im fine on that front!

 

[Heyyou27]

Clovertown kthx.

 

[gOJDO]

E6700 For me! I really like the possibility of going over 3GHz on my liquid cooling setup.

4GHz with WC. I bet on my ass

 

[shinigamiX]

The question is, does anyone really want ass? Bet the CPU and you're on 8)

 

[Artmic]

I'm getting the X6800, and if i can hold out i'd get the X6900.

 

[kuff_kuff]

I'm getting a E6600 with Air cooling and will upgrade to water if i need an extra oomph to make myself feel better when the price drops or faster speed grades come out.

 

[mickeddie]

I'm so excited for Conroe!! Finally to have an Intel processor in my system that will stop bottlenecking my video cards (to a point)! Needless to say I will be upgrading on launch day. I was just so suprised that I was able to convince my wife. :lol:

Ha ha!!! I convinced my wife by telling her I am concerned about our current system running all the time...I can't get it to standby and it is a Dell Poweredge so it is a server (being used as a desktop PC) with one fan that is very loud...long story, though.

Anyway I had to tell my wife that I will start with barebones and upgrade over a couple of months, and that a new computer will be my birthday present this year.

Eddie

 

[tikiman44]

I'm so excited for Conroe!! Finally to have an Intel processor in my system that will stop bottlenecking my video cards (to a point)! Needless to say I will be upgrading on launch day. I was just so suprised that I was able to convince my wife. :lol:

Ha ha!!! I convinced my wife by telling her I am concerned about our current system running all the time...I can't get it to standby and it is a Dell Poweredge so it is a server (being used as a desktop PC) with one fan that is very loud...long story, though.

Anyway I had to tell my wife that I will start with barebones and upgrade over a couple of months, and that a new computer will be my birthday present this year.

Eddie

LOL :lol:

 

[tikiman44]

The E6600 certainly seems to be the most popular.

 

[Ycon]

Ill be getting Merom, model... eh... whatever model Dell is going to put inside their Inspiron XPS.

 

[Rustol3um]

not a fan boy but will stick with current set up as I have already built my computer for the year. will check things out next year and make a choice at that time. My gut tells me AMD will be behind the 8 ball but, I could be wrong. We'll see, in the mean time I will be getting a few laughs from some ( not all) of the dumbasses who post on this forum...look forward to reading your posts..

 

[Fagaru]

how much will the E6600 be?

 

[wolfman140]

6700 baby...I didn't think the price was THAT much over the 2.4Ghz model (I believe, but am too lazy to look up Tom's article on it) Water cool this sucker, and you def. should be able to get it over 4 Ghz (if you didn't see, someone oc'ed one to 4Ghz just on air cooling). I'm counting the days till July 23rd

 

[BaronMatrix]

and DDR2 memory... which is the same as if you did go for AM2... minus the performance and low cost, but with more heat!

is it just you or is AMD somehow putting you up to this? You sound like a broken record. Whre was your criticality when Intel was melting plastic cases..... wait they still are.

What a dink!

 

[clue69less]

The question is, does anyone really want ass? Bet the CPU and you're on 8)

Not his anyway...

I'll be in the queue for a 6600 most likely. Wouldn't want my AMD boxes to get too jealous.

 

[Zach_the_Evil]

I'll be keeping my 939 AMD 3700+ for now, though I must admit the temptation to go Conroe is there. I'll probably buy a computer in three years, when DDR4 is comming out, there are Octo-core cpus, PCI Express 100x, and 16 way SLI/Crossfire.

 

[FatFunkey]

6600 or 6700 depends on how much there taxing when vista comes up when i finally upgrade my computer

 

[nick_000000]

E6600 for me I wan't conroe's babys :lol:.

 

[3Ball]

im going to prolly buy the AMD X2 4600+ when it drops down to the $300 - $325 range and wait for the conroe to be revised once or twise. My system will be the one in the tag once i get it.

Best,

3Ball

Antec P180 Case
Antec Neo HE 550w PS
AMD Athlon X2 4600+ @ 2.53ghz (Arctic Freezer 64 Pro)
Gigabyte K8N SLI Pro 939 Mobo
Sapphire X1900XTX (675 / 792) actual! (Arctic Accelro X2)
(2x1024mb) DDR400 Patriot Performance Mem (2.5-3-2-5) @ 420mhz
!Mobo Limiting OC!