AMD or Intel

[chuckskull]

chipset always under 40 (with passive zalman heatsink mod)

Which heatsink did you use, as I managed to bust a pin on my DFI one and the little blue thing I got from maplin aint exactly cutting it, 55 is a little to high for me.

[sawyen]

if you fancy a gamble consider buying an AM2 system now while theyre not wanted and wait for K8L to come out

it is a big gamble though from the rumours... and DDR2 seems to be improving by the minute, but you could have the last laugh at the bandwagon-jumpers

my thoughts exactly..

[Smokey21]

if you fancy a gamble consider buying an AM2 system now while theyre not wanted and wait for K8L to come out

it is a big gamble though from the rumours... and DDR2 seems to be improving by the minute, but you could have the last laugh at the bandwagon-jumpers

I really don't see the point in that.

AM2 really just isn't an option IMO. If you have to do a full upgrade, which most will need to do if they are going AM2, then you might as well get Conroe.

[Clunk]

Which heatsink did you use, as I managed to bust a pin on my DFI one and the little blue thing I got from maplin aint exactly cutting it, 55 is a little to high for me.

just one of those zalman blue aluminium ones, they are square with long square fins and about 3-4 quid from most places. you just get a pair of needle nose pliers and snap off the fins so that your graphics card isnt touching (obviously) and it works, i might have pics of how it looked somewhere.