Motherboards for new Intel cpu

[Pghpooh]

HI
Dumb question of the day.
With the new AMD am2 processors you need a new motherboard designed for the AM2.

Will you need a new motherboard designed for the new Intel cpu that is coming out????
Or, can any of the exixting motherboards be used with the new Intel cpu?


I thought I read a post or article sometime ago that said the new Intel processors will use exixting motherboards.

Thanks
Pghpooh

 

[atom]

Most of the old boards will not work with conroe due to VRM issues even though conroe uses the same socket and can use the same chipset as older pentiums.

 

[jkresh]

Currently only intel's badaxe supports conroe (and only in the revision 304), though new boards are starting to be released (asus has one shipping later this week). Good news is it looks like conroe boards will support kentsfield (intels quadcore due out before k8l though probably very expensive).

 

[secretanchitman]

there is one at newegg now (the board i want hehe), called the asus P5W DH Deluxe. it uses the intel 975x chipset (revised of course), and has support for crossfire and ddr2-800 ram.

i think there were a couple of threads at other forums that had a huge core 2 duo mobo list...i will find them and link them in here whenever i do.

 

[pcoffman]

Originally posted by: Pghpooh
can any of the exixting motherboards be used with the new Intel cpu?

Many new boards should support a Core 2 processor, or support Core 2 soon. However, I believe that the D975XBX motherboard, at a certain revision level, is the only old board that can safely run Core 2 processors. At Computex, no current boards would "work with Core 2".

Here's a link to an article on how to see if one's Bad-Axe D975XBX motherboard will take a Core 2: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3060.

I thought I read a post or article sometime ago that said the new Intel processors will use exixting motherboards

Merom (mobile Core 2 Duo) is supposed to be able to fit into current Core Duo sockets and run. Notebooks or small form factor PCs will probably need a BIOS update.