Conroe, who's buying it?

[kempez]

I'll be getting it

[Koolpc]

Wonder how much a Mobo and the CPU will cost?

[charger]

I to am also quite interested in the conroe cpus when i next upgrade. No idea on motherboard prices, but some websites have put up rough estimates from the intel road maps.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2547

they seem pretty reasonably priced for their performance even with the low clock speeds.

[mcmiller]

i need a upgrade so i think i might get one, does ne one know if u can get a dual agp pcie mobo for pentiums which would support it tho

[Tin Ribs]

Always gone AMD mainly for better value. Very tempted to go towards Conroe especially as AM2 will cost just as much to upgrade if not more. No hurry yet as I am pleased as punch with the Opteron.

[nvening]

There is no value in the better value argument now tbh

[Agent]

Depends on AMDs solution when i upgrade.
My opty @ 2.7 does everything i want, quickly and quietly.
When i upgrade again (probably around 12 months away), ill see whats on offer from both camps.

Then again, i said this last time, and i ended up selling my current equipment and buying a top end A64 system, purely for the Epenis++ factor.
I hate my inner geek

[EtheAv8r]

Well I have been hanging on for a while, and I will wait a bit longer. At the moment it looks like it will be Conroe - but I await some detailed and technically competant CPU and Mobo reviews (e.g. HEXUS and Custom PC who both seem honest and true and tell it like it is, not how the Manufacturers would like them to) before making the final decision.

I don't upgrade often, so have to make it count when I do as it has to last for some time.

[TeleFragX]

Release date is July 23rd for the first set of conroe based cpus!!

[ExceededGoku]

Doubt it. I game at 1600x1200, i can't see Conroe making much of a difference. Ill definatly be getting a DX10 card and Vista though. Im sure my 4400+ and board will last me another year yet.

ye same I game at sucha resolution that a CPU won't really affect... but I will see what AMD do first (I want quad core).
And lol at that motherboard more heatsinks than a well a motherboard full of heatsinks

[TeleFragX]

i game at 1680 x 1050 (widescreen) and same. Ill wait till next year for the quad core version!

[javalord]

If anyone is getting rid of their x2 3800 when they upgrade - PM me please , ill be happy to take it off your hands for some £££

[Shmee150]

I was planning on upgrading to an FX-62 this summer, as I've changed my desktop every June for the last few years, although with it's excessive cost and the fact that the conroe is about to appear I have to wait; argh!!! And the worst thing; the 3GHz XE won't be around until Q3 Waiting, waiting, waiting...

ShMeE

[latrosicarius]

I might get one. I'm an AMD fanboy of there ever was one, but competiton is a good thing!

[TeleFragX]

Well im saving up and should about a grand in a few months so i hope to get an extreme conroe quad core nect year and a new mobo (i hope its still ddr2 then i have 2gb of it!)

[TooNice]

My PII400 is coming to the end of it's life (yes I get the most out of it) and I'm looking at building a new PC this year, I've currently spec'd out a AMD X2 4200 based PC, but if it's true about the performance than I will look at a E6600 based system instead as looking at the trade prices a Conroe E6600 wil be cheaper than a 4200X2 and I expect it'll retail for £200 if the exchange rates stay as they are for the next few months.

.. and I thought I kept my PII 400 for long