Conroe ready motherboards

[evilbix]

I'm looking into buying the rig early, and was wondering what/if any motherboards are available. I'm looking into SLI as an option, but I'm primarily after a stable motherboard with onboard raid and decent overclockability.

 

[acegazda]

I believe anything with s775 and the 975x or 965 chipset will do the trick. There are about 5 or 6 out right now if I'm not mistaken.

 

[o1die]

I would stick with name brands you know, such as abit or asus. Some cheaper brands may not get a bios update to support conroe.

 

[Henny]

If you want stable, then go with the Intel D975XBX Rev 304.

 

[CyborgNinja117]

there is a 975x platform from asus, teh P5WDG2-WS, its kinda unofficial but it supports conroe, ive called asus to make a confirmation, and also a taiwanese tech magazine talked about it having conroe support. 300 bucks though...

but i would get the gigabyte 965P chipset 6 quad thing, i think it was out june 4th

 

[NoStateofMind]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157092

 

[agile]

Care of Skyline GT-R from Xtreme Systems forums.

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Intel 975X Chipset


Abit

* Fatal1ty FP-A9D - ATX - Not available
* AW9D - ATX - Not available
* AW9D-MAX - ATX - Not available


Albatron

* PX975X (not 100% sure) - ATX - Don't know if it's available


Asus

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P5W DH Deluxe - ATX - Available in June
* P5WDG2-WS Pro - ATX - Not available
* P5WD2-E Premium rev 1.3 (not 100% sure) - ATX - Available but not rev 1.03G


DFI

* Infinity 975X/G - ATX - Not available


Foxconn

* 975X??? - 975X + ICH8 - ATX - Don't know much about the board


Intel

* D975XBX "Bad Axe" rev304 - ATX - Available but not all are rev 304
* D975XBX2 "Bad Axe 2" - ATX - Not available


MSI

* 975X Platinum PCB v2.0 - ATX - Available but not rev 2.B


ATi Chipsets

AsRock

* 775Twins-HDTV R2.0 - ATi Xpress 200 - micro-ATX - Available


DFI

* Infinity CFX1150/G - ATi RD600+SB600 - ATX - Not available
* LP UT RD600-T2R/G - ATi RD600+SB650 - ATX - Not available


ECS

* RS600T-M - RS600+SB600 - ATX - Not available


EPoX

* EP-5RC410-MJ3 - Xpress 200 -mATX - Not available
* EP-5RC410-M3 - Xpress 200 - mATX - Not available

nVidia Chipsets
nForce 5 intel edition info

Asus

* ASUS P5N32-SLi SE - nForce 590 SLi - ATX - Not available


DFI

* LP UT NF590 SLI-T2R/G - nForce 590 SLi - ATX - Not available


ECS

* ECS C19-A SLI V3 - nForce 570 SLi - ATX - Not available


MSI

* P4N SLI V2.0 - nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition - ATX - Not available

 

[NoStateofMind]

^^^^^ they are missing the one I posted, and it is available

 

[evilbix]

Thanks, PC Surgeon. I think I'll look into that one. Looks like it has everything I need, and it's relatively cheap. The 2gb max memory concerns me, but for that price I can't bitch and moan. If I want to upgrade beyond that I'd just buy a new mobo down the road sometime.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: evilbix
Thanks, PC Surgeon. I think I'll look into that one. Looks like it has everything I need, and it's relatively cheap. The 2gb max memory concerns me, but for that price I can't bitch and moan. If I want to upgrade beyond that I'd just buy a new mobo down the road sometime.

Exactly my thinking with that board. Saves you cash for other things. It looks to be the Asrock 939 Dual Counterpart, and if it's anywhere close...we will be happy campers :-D

 

[codylawyer]

So if I bought one of the Asrocks off newegg now it would be compatible with conroe. I was wondering if a specific revision was needed or not?

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: codylawyer
So if I bought one of the Asrocks off newegg now it would be compatible with conroe. I was wondering if a specific revision was needed or not?

Cody, if you click on the link for the motherboard above, on that page click on "manufacturer's site".....when you click that it will state what it supports.

 

[Henny]

New Conroe MB sighting:

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[NoStateofMind]

At newegg NOW~!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131025

 

[NoStateofMind]

This one is pretty dagg nabbin SWEET too!

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot...ProductID=2295&ProductName=GA-965P-DQ6

 

[djjonc]

ASRock Conroe Motherboard

 

[CrystalBay]

ASRock 775Dual -VSTA Review

 

[dev0lution]

Yah, for the Intel boards, it needs to be the right rev for Core 2 to work.

 

[perdomot]

The Asrock mobos look tempting but wont using DDR rather than DDR2 slow down performace? All the reviews show a FSB of 266 on the Intel 975 mobos with DDR2. I am currently running a SKT 775 Pen D 805 with DDR ram and the default there is 133. The multi on the 805 is 20 but on the least expensive Conroe its just 7. Do you have to have DDR2 in order to get the most out of this cpu when you overclock?

 

[bdrex28]

Ok I need some help here. I want to get the Core 2 Duo and have the Nvidia 7950GX2. Which Mobo do you recommend?

 

[Nightmare225]

I'm in the same boat as bdrex, any suggestions?

 

[Techie333]

Asrock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 looks good.

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[shabby]

Originally posted by: Techie333
Asrock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 looks good.

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Ya that mobo definetly looks temtping, in fact it keeps up with the asus mobo http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/asrock/ConRoeXFire-eSATA2/g1.htm
I wonder if it has sufficient voltage adjustments.

Here's another review http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3779&s=1 looks like it lacks in fsb adjustment.