Am2 or Conroe

[JoshSB]

Hmm, I perfer nVidia and within nVidia I perfer eVGA for the lifetime warranty on my video card short of me breaking it in half or loosing the original heatsink.

 

[HomicidalWookie]

The E6400 outbenches, or is comparable to the AMD FX-62, pretty impressive for a $250 cpu.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2802&p=4

Wow I'm glad you posted that, that has really changed my opinion about the Conroe line.

 

[JoshSB]

Conroe is Intel's first real success in the past what, four or so years?

 

[Dr DMoney]

Well, yeah until amd plays catch-up. Once they will be back in first with cheaper prices.

 

[Cappy]

They may get back in 1st but it wont be for less. The only reason there high end CPU's have dropped so dramaticly is because of Conroe . Dont ya love competition

 

[jordo_99]

the conroe's are going to rock AMD's if you OC them as they run very cool and are faster, but are more expensive to get a decent MOBO that's known to work well w/ them since they're still new.

 

[Nitestick]

i have neglected to check AMD's roadmap for some time but i have no idea of any AM3. perhaps you people are referring to K8L? for the time being you are better off with Core 2 Duo hardware and should be for at least 12-18 months in my humble opinion

 

[Dr DMoney]

well, I am talking about am3 borads. I think they are suppose to come out soon but I need to know how soon.

 

[Syrillian]

Dr DMoney,

It seems that we have something in common. The AM2 MoBo/CPU build that I was considering is now being challenged by a Conroe Combo. This is what I am considering for Conroe:

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/TemporaryWishList.asp

What do you think? I'm not trying to be a lemming, I just want to know what others have thought about.

 

[vaderpro]

Link doesnt work..

I rec going conroe:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004

total comes to $395...

or go with the e6600:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003