Safe with Intel D975XBX for Kentsfield,or wait for BadAxe2??

I don't know about the Intel board, but I know the gigabyte and asus 965 and 975 boards are Kentsfield compatible, I've seen them running it.

I really would wait and get a cheaper board for the time being, there are going to be lots of updates and learnings from the mobo manufacturers as they explore the full impact of conroe let alone Kentsfield.

If you go for a board now hoping to be able to run kentsfield to its fullest you will be nothing but disappointed.

The 975xbx "bad axe" can do 333mhz FSB 1333mhz quad pumped easily. The bad axe can do over 400 mhz 1600mhz quad-pumped.

i've found it best not to look too far into the future... shure, you can wait for price cuts.... in two years conroe will be selling for around eighty bucks... and in a few years you can have a board that has a 2 thz fsb...... who cares. Only worry about right now, the technologies that are available right now, and the boards that are available right now

Currently there is no way that silicon can get over 10 ghz because it will break down, disintagrate. But in about 6 years or so they are going to use man made diamonds (possible already by slowly adding layers of carbon or something like that). The diamonds should be able to scale to 81 Ghz before disintagration. So we will hit a ceiling and will never be able to reach 2 thz. Unless some amazing breakthroughs happens. Info was takin from popsci magazine.