Need advice: Mobo for future QUAD-core

Victor79

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I have just bought a comp on E6600 with ASUS P5B-deluxe, and 4GB corsair DDR2-800, 5-5-5-12 (4x1GB). I have sent MOBO back since its DOA, and thinking, may be I better ask them for refund and buy instead NVIDIA nForce 680i: (+$60 only)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813188010

The thing is that I am seriously thinking of getting a quad-core proc as soon as it gets cheaper. And I heard that quad-core proc would not be comfortable with 1066 MhZ FBS with 4 memory slots DDR2-800, so wanted to have it on 1333.

I am new to building H-end systems, so please tell me what this is all about? May be I should not count on having a proc working on 1333 at all?
 

Valtiel

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No... what's that?

What do you mean by future quad core? Are you talking about penryn? or just about the current quad-core series (Conroe)? a 680i board will handle the Conroe series of quad cores.
 

Fedor

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Actually I've had this question nagging at me for a while and I'd start a new thread but it seems relevant enough to ask here - Would a current 680 chipset motherboard be able to handle the next Penryn cores? I mean, most do mention that they are 1333FSB capable, but will that be enough for Penryn, or are there other issues in play that might not make those boards compatible (I mean beyond that of a simple BIOS upgrade)?
Thanks!
 

Valtiel

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I'm not sure. It could simply require a BIOS update to work but ask around in the CPU section they will be able to tell you for sure. I do know Bearlake will most definitely support Penryn (since it's being made for it).