Conroe cores

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Sat, 06 May 2006 21:46:56 Post Subject: Conroe cores

Does anybody know when the Conroe cores from intel will be hitting the market? I was looking at upgrading to a P-D 955, but for the price tag, I'd rather wait for a Conroe. I'm hoping to get a better chip before college come this fall. Any ideas when they'll be out and have a selection of mobos with the required chipsets? (I don't believe current ones will support it).

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 08 May 2006 16:49:27 Post Subject:

Don't know the answer to your question, but don't call them Conroe any more...

FireTech · Rated PG-13 Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 27

You'll need to ensure the MB you get is VRM 11 compliant. Have a Google on the subject.

edvallie · Posted: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:58:21 Post Subject:

July 2006.

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:08:55 Post Subject:

Thanks guys, and already counting down the days....Although I'll probobly wait a few months for any bugs to get worked out and motherboard manufacturers to get their stuff together.

edvallie · Posted: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:35:45 Post Subject:

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Wed, 17 May 2006 17:12:47 Post Subject:

Where did you see the release prices? When I buy one of these, I think I'm going to go all out and get the Core 2 Extreme at the highest clockrate. I'm sure itll be around of the current Pentium D 955s. Not too much higher, I hope.

Also, out of curiosity, do you think the motherboard manufacturers will be on top of the Conroe stuff pretty fast (already in production now?) or should I wait? For the most part, my loyalty when it comes to mobos, lies with ASUS so I hope they'll get some good stuff out fast.

edvallie · Posted: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:55:02 Post Subject:

I hope to see all the mainstream mobo's supporting the conroe chip right by the release date, but my guess is we'll see intel only for a little while.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1028505&highlight=conroe+prices

My newbie question for the day, will I be able to find a mobo that will handle a new conroe chip along with my old DDR400 and AGP graphics card?

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Wed, 17 May 2006 20:41:25 Post Subject:

Thanks for the link.

But a new mobo supporting conroe and DDR is unlikely. There may be some that support AGP, but will probobly be few and far between.

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:19:01 Post Subject:

AMD will also be releasing their AMD Turion 64 X2 any day, as well as a 64-bit Semprons.