another pentium 805D thread

[Pie_uk]

hey guys, sorry if your all sick to death with these questions lol, well after buying the 805 from kempez ( cheers man ) i am after a good mother board to go with it, i think i am after the 975i chipset which will run crossfire (all good) and i am led to belive it will be conroe compatable so without going craxy on prices what would people recomend

i guess i have around £180 but dont want to blow it all

cheers guys

[sgoaty]

From what i have been lead to believe the only mobo which is available in the uk and conroe ready is this one http://www.lambda-tek.com/components...&prodID=B33495

I was in the same boat as you but i ended up getting a cheap mobo as a stop gap untill there are more conroe boards available

[itswesty]

Yeah, it was me after the D805, but I think that sgoaty is right, I would go for a cheap mobo and wait until the choice is better, and they are cheaper.

[Kumagoro]

I have read (somewhere) that the 805 will drop quite significantly when conroe hits.
Down to about 50 or 60 of those pounds.

[directhex]

be VERY careful buying a i975 board for conroe. currently, only intel's own board is capable of doing conroe - minor tweaks are required for all other vendors' boards, and even then, you may have difficulty specifying the correct revision when buying from vendors

[Pie_uk]

right ok well it seems as though there isnt any point trying to get a board for conroe just now, however since i have bought the CPU, i am going to get a good motherbaord and some good memory, would this mem be any good > http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/part...2KIT12864AA663

also what motherboard would be best i really cant decide, i may just get the bad axe