get conroe or wait for the 06 intel quad core?

Get a conroe, I see no advantage as games are just starting to get dual-core optimized. Unless you are running a server I suggest sticking with dual-core. Plus with price speculation at 1K because it is an "extreme series" cpu, which can you afford?

Of course DX10 GPUs are supposed to be out around the same time, so who knows.

I'm interested in building a conroe computer. Is there any way to order the chip online yet or will it be a month or more before I can even find one?

I was originally waiting for that, but now that i see that its going to:

- Be Expensive

- Consume a lot of Power

- Not much benefit over dual core


So i'm going to get an E6300 and O/C the living crap out of it.
I've been burned by buying overpriced hardware way too many times... No more.

I'll probably wait for the pre owned Ebay edition.

If you wait, you will be waiting forever. Personal Experience.

God damit!

What's your current specs anyway?

Yeah, that's right mate. Get a decent board now, reasonable Conroe (reasonable?? - I mean excellent). Which is any of them, even the 6300 lmao.
Just upgrade to quad when available..... which is what you've just said yeah? (I'm tired and I'm going to bed lol)

Yeah, I totally agree, especially the rate at which technology is still moving.

Quad core is just so much spectulation right now, just as 4x4 is. No one knows anything factual in terms of true performance, applicability or problems. If you decide to wait until Q4 06, you may find yourself waiting longer. Intel may find problems, either in production or design, and be forced to push release back. Or, Intel could decide to push release back just as easily as they decided to push it forward. Who knows? A few of the rabid fanboys will claim to know, but you can file their opinions in the trash. Come to think of it, Im suprised I didnt see any "w8 for AMD 4x4 - 'cuz itz gunna rool'" posts. In any case, you have what is arguably a "known" quantity coming in a few days.

Right now there are enough positive reviews and benchmarks out to justify a Core 2 purchase. Core 2 is coming 27 jul, thats pretty much a fact unless the planet gets struck by a rogue comet. Core 2 prices at release are very attractive. A64 and X264, (also known quantities) prices are also about to become very attractive. Quad core is likely to be big $$$ when its released.

Waiting for quad core may pay off, it may not, but waiting is a big gamble.

Stick witht he Conroe for now - synthetic benchmarks and specialised software aside, there seems to be little point at this stage to Kentsfield apart from just to say "we've got one as well" to AMD and the consumers.

just get a conroe!

I heard one of the big chip makers is coming out with some totally new uArch and completely revamping their chipset support to ensure that this new proc will be the fastest, most powerful, most upgradable, and least power cosuming of all procs that are and ever will be!

I think you should wait until that proc is released and buy that one.

When the quad core comes out you could ask
"Get quad core or wait for octo-core"
etc etc

You'll never buy anything if you keep waiting.
Get a decent mobo, and buy the cheaper models if you don't want to break the bank.

thats my philosophy - if you keep waiting for the next best thing you'll never buy anything... some would argue however that that's a good thing. =)

Personally i think everyone should wait for quantum computing so i can upgrade my computer at a cheaper price =)

I think also if you are asking whether you should wait, then your current pc can't be that bad!

what's your main purpose for a PC?

if for normal gaming or office using, core duo2 E6XXX is suitalbe

if for some professional purpose such as encoding etc. ,i think it's better to wait quad core prossesor

Or if the purpose of your PC is to get things done quicker, i'd buy something today.
No matter how fast quad core is, it won't make up for 6 months of lost time.

Kentsfield Will BE 2 Conroe C2D on one chip package with 8MB of cache!

and samples that are out now have it reaching overclocks of 4462MHz @ vcore:1.69v on the 975 chipset boards.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=107773

Yes it will be a native quad-core in that it will basically be 4 conroe cores on a single die rather than 2+2. As for the socket I'm not sure yet but I'd imagine it should be since it will be the last of the Core 2 architecture from what I've read.

Getting a quad core would only really benefit you if you can max out a dual core now. Hard to see that happening unless you plan on full time rendering on one coire while gaming on teh other perhaps.

The thing I'm missing from my old mainframe days is a way to throttle individual apps. I REALLY wish I could run a game in core 1 and do a render in core 2 and NOT have it automatically take over 100% of core 2 for the render. I have some CPU sensitive apps that I'd like to also shove into core 2 with the rendering but it just makes them unresponsive.

I saw a post a long while back for a utility that let you "sticky" an app to a core, so when you launch the app the next day, it defaults to the same core you put it into, to avoid having to assign them manually. Anyone remember what that was?

Perfect, thanks.

Yup, completely argree with you here. Or dude, if he wants he can check out the AMD 4X4, although I'm going with woodcrest. Like you said, the problem with Kentsfield is the shared bus. 4 cores on 1066 MHz is like what... around 267 MHz per core? Not that great if you ask me. So yeah, Conroe for now is PLENTY of power especially if you go with the X6800... it makes me drool.