Cheap Conroe MOBO solution...

[UA_Iron]

Seems to be a while before DFI will come out with a conroe board, but I think I found an excellent solution if you MUST have conroe now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157080R

or if you dont want to screw around with open box

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

from what I understand those support conroe right?

 

[Apokalipse]

it's an AGP board. what about PCI-E?

 

[Khann]

..... No.

 

[meefle]

I'll just say one thing, you get what u pay for...... especially with that brand...... i learned that the hard way

 

[UA_Iron]

Supports both AGP and PCI-e, supports conroe. Read these:

AnandTech Conroe Buying Guide

OCworkbench - ASRock 775Dual-VSTA benchmark

~30 bucks for a conroe motherboard seems to be an inexpensive solution.