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vaughan
07-25-2006, 01:04 PM
Anybody tried a Conroe yet?

What to buy?

What motherboard?

What RAM?
Strongbow
07-25-2006, 01:25 PM
I've tried one but aren't you on the wrong website asking questions like that? ;)

What do you want to know?
AMDave
07-25-2006, 01:37 PM
AMD CPUs have always been rare as hens teeth in Oz.

vaughan, I can't vouch for this source but there some spiel here to add to your R&D:
http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7591-0.html?forumID=26&threadID=192393&messageID=2081278
referred you this because it differs slightly from the usual response to that search (although I still loath :pukeright: CNet )

AMDave
Keith75
07-26-2006, 02:50 AM
The Conroe sounds like a great CPU but I can't help but feel like going back to a FSB from AMD's HTT is a big step backwards no matter how good the CPU is.

Keith
NeoGen
07-26-2006, 03:12 AM
Still... it would be a great asset to apply on maths projects for example. :)

I think Intels still rule when it comes to LLR'ing. Altough in sieving AMD's somehow got the advantage.
vaughan
07-26-2006, 03:26 AM
That's right NeoGen and Intel's P4s rule in SOB. Seems as if BOINC likes AMDs tho'

I wonder how the Core 2 Duo processors will behave?

I found that the Intel Core Duo T2300 in my laptop performed poorly at SOB so I abandoned that task. My Prescotts do a SOB task in about 10 days.