Conroe's new possibilities

[Hozer]

With all of Conroe's new excitement, and the new possible builds, I was curious to hear what some of your builds are going to be with the Conroe. I keep reading "Wait, get Conroe". That's good, but I'm curious what a good MoBo / Ram / Video card would go well with them?

Hoping to hear some of your builds that you are going to make when it becomes available

 

[dimwhited]

conroe + my current mobo

if it doesnt work...
i'll make it work

I dont care what everyone else says!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[newtist]

well....what i plan on doing(hopefully before i move back to school in late august......) is this......

Processor:

But of course.....the Intel Core Duo E6600, i dont need anything more...i think a lil better than a FX-62 is good enough for me!!

Mobo:

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe/Wi-Fi Intel 975X

Hard Drive:

Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200RPM 16 MB Cache

Memory:

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)

PSU:

OCZ GameXStream 700W
Optical Drives:

Samsung 16X DVD -R DVD Burner

Sony IDE DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM

Sound Card:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

Monitor:

Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20.1-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand

Keyboard:

Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 967555-0403

Mouse:

Logitech G7 Black

here is a better view...

Logitech G7 Black

Speakers:

Logitech Z-5500

in total, its going to run me prolly around 2500 or so..not too bad considering how powerful it is

 

[chuckshissle]

All I need is E6600 and an Core 2 SLI mobo for my upgrade next year.

 

[dimwhited]

mobo's are expencie though.... excuse me while i say goodbye to my wallet, because i'm going to have to empty it, then sell the actual wallet on ebay to come up with the money to pay for annother mobo......

INTEL NATZIS!!!!! why cant 775 be 775!!!!!

 

[chuckshissle]

High end/enthusiast mobo are very expensive especially the ones from Intel. There are very good for overclocking. But if you're on the budget side then just wait a bit longer for like a month or so after Core 2 launch and you'll see more Core 2 mobos out there. Giving you more choices on performance and price range.

 

[1Tanker]

well....what i plan on doing(hopefully before i move back to school in late august......) is this......

Processor:

But of course.....the Intel Core Duo E6600, i dont need anything more...i think a lil better than a FX-62 is good enough for me!!

Mobo:

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe/Wi-Fi Intel 975X

Hard Drive:

Western Digital Caviar 250GB 7200RPM 16 MB Cache

Memory:

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB)

PSU:

OCZ GameXStream 700W
Optical Drives:

Samsung 16X DVD -R DVD Burner

Sony IDE DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM

Sound Card:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

Monitor:

Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20.1-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand

Keyboard:

Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 967555-0403

Mouse:

Logitech G7 Black

here is a better view...

Logitech G7 Black

Speakers:

Logitech Z-5500

in total, its going to run me prolly around 2500 or so..not too bad considering how powerful it is

You forgot to list your video card.

 

[chewbenator]

Lolz at Dimwhited. :lol:

Heres my build:

E6600/E6400
Depends on availability of E6600

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118223
I plan on OCing so STFU! Aftermarket Cpu Cooler

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814130032
eVGA 7900GT Reload

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118125
Aftermarket GPU Cooler

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127004
ABIT AB9 Pro

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145590
Corsair XMS DDR2 800 5Cas

http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811147040
Case

http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817182030
550W PSU

For the case I plan on dremeling the three slashes on the front of the case to a larger scale on the side. Then the blue LEDs form my coolers will give it the same effect as the front. Rosewill cases seem to be rising in quality and along with the combo deal with the power supply, makes it all the better.

Should be around $1100 w/ rebates and such.

 

[newtist]

sorry.....geforce 7950 gx2....prolly xfx's

 

[chewbenator]

Chuck, how many ladies do you seriously think will see that signature in this forum?

 

[tmac]

With all of Conroe's new excitement, and the new possible builds, I was curious to hear what some of your builds are going to be with the Conroe. I keep reading "Wait, get Conroe". That's good, but I'm curious what a good MoBo / Ram / Video card would go well with them?

Hoping to hear some of your builds that you are going to make when it becomes available

MB: DFI using ATI's SD600 chipset
Ram: corsair's TWIN2X2048-6400C3
Video: ATI's S600 (dx10) - crossfire
probably get a cheap one in the meantime
HD: 150 gig raptor
sound card - Creative X-fi fatality
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW

 

[Hozer]

Wow, great responses. I really apprecaite the feedback.

I'm really planning on building a new system when the Conroe's are available, and this helps me decide what parts to build with. My budget is somewhere in the range of $1300, and I arleady ahve monitors / mouse / keyboard / speakers, so I'm really lookin to put some money into the hardware.

 

[kukito]

I'm going with the plain Asus P5B.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131030

Not a bad price with all the features I need.

 

[angry_ducky]

Chuck, how many ladies do you seriously think will see that signature in this forum?

None. Do you know any girls that give a damn about computers? He could probably make a better living as a porn actor. Then I guarantee that a lot of chicks (and dudes) will see him in action.

 

[the_vorlon]

I don't overclock, I don't play a lot of games, I just like a responsive, reliable system.

I will likly buy...

A Conroe E6400, maybe a 6600 if I have a few extra dollars when I buy

Likely an Intel 975 motherboard, or the ASUS p5W DH, used a zillion motherboards from each firm over the years, both have done me well. - solid, stable, rarely any grief.

Likley 2 gigs of ram - DDR2-667 works just fine, the extra money for DDR2-800 at low latency just doesn't buy me enough speed to be worth it.

I have a 74 gig raptor I will recycle from the existing rig, and likely toss in a 300+/- gig or so Seagate or WD hard drive for extra storage.

A generic DVD burner for 35 bucks or so, still want a floppy so add $11

I don't have a TV, but I do have TWO Dell FP2405 24 inch LCDS, so I'll buy a midrange+ ATI "All in wonder" card to get TV/VCR functionality - an X1800 XL looks about right as it has twin DVI outputs for the Dells. - I'll buy a mid pack audigy sound card to drive my AWESOME (they truly are amazing) Klipsch 5.1 ultra speakers.

Get a new case, probably an Antec with a Power supply included - A nice quiet Sonata for $105 or so looks about right. I don'r do SLI/Crossfire, don't have a killer GPU, and Conroe sips power, so something in the 400 watt PSU range is plenty...

Thats about it...

New stuff to buy..

Conroe $250-350 (depends on model)
Motherboard $250
Ram $200
DVD + Floppy $50
HD $ 100
Case $110
Sound card $ 100
Vid Card $300

About a $1300 +/- and I am done, and happy for two more years