Conroe Users - Check-in - Page 2

Rickwell · 08-18-2006, 03:22 AM

Hey Slider that looks like a pretty nice setup.Nice temps to.It was a toss up between that board and the one I have now.I couldn't decide one way or the other at all.So I tossed a quarter and got the DQ6.I can't say I would have felt a loss either way.But I do feel some what like a turn coat for leaving Asus this round.Well maybe I'll toss that coin again sometime lol.But anyway good luck with your new setup.

fvbounty · 08-18-2006, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CanterwoodBoy

Eh.. thanks for the recommendation, but I am in Switzerland, which last time I checked was in the middle of Europe. Maybe you wanted to reply to Griff

Just looked at your flag it is red and white like Canada, just different....

**Sandog** · 08-18-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slider

Finally got all my parts, see Sig. And built it runs like a dream Asus program Ai booster and in the Bios is showing 29Deg for the CPU.

My New Computer
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P5W HD - Deluxe MBoard.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz
Chieftec Big Tower Mesh Silver
Gainward 7800GTX CoolFX version
Alphacool Water cooling
Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5
1 x WD Raptor 150Gig Gamer Edition HDD.
3 x 400 Gig SATA HDD's

Nice Slider!

babbler · 08-19-2006, 10:09 AM

I got a Conroe E6600 to replace my space heater (Pentium 955EE at 3.73Ghz). It's much faster than the EE in everything and runs about 15C cooler. Couldn't be happier. Only wish I had saved my money to get the X6800.

Roch_abx · 08-24-2006, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CanterwoodBoy

Eh.. thanks for the recommendation, but I am in Switzerland, which last time I checked was in the middle of Europe. Maybe you wanted to reply to Griff

I think Komplett ship to Switzerland, good prices too!

Geocacher · 08-29-2006, 10:18 PM

I can't believe I found this site after over 2 years, after losing my bookmarks, and user name, password, etc!

Anyway I built my 1st, and 2nd systems, based on the Asus P4PE MB, over 3 yrs ago, and have been very happy, except for the the occasional cold boot, due to the imagination of the (bios)the little oriental lady posting, telling me that the overclocking failed, a few times a year( I don't overclock) has been bullet proof!

I just finished building a e6400, Asus P5B mb, Corsair 2x1g twin pc6400 c4 ddr2 ram, and it is up and running.

But what I've read on other various forums, and the stress, that I've run into doing the research over the last month, about compatibility with memory, and Asus bios, and the Conroe cpu, all I can say is that I'm happy all has gone well with my build!

dinnadawg · 08-30-2006, 12:27 AM

Checking in:

Just got the final stuff today for my conroe system, now I'm up and running and so far so good.

Asus Vento 3600 Case
E6600
Asus P5B
G. Skill 2x 1gb 6400
Sapphire x1900xt 512mb
Seagate 250gb SATA
NEC 16x dvd burner
Enermax Liberty 550W

Haven't overclocked it yet, just got done installing a bunch of stuff, I look forward to it tomorrow!

CanterwoodBoy · 08-30-2006, 05:34 AM

Did you get the "deluxe" or the vanilla version of the P5B? Just asking because I am also interested and the deluxe is priced significantly higher and has a lot of whistles and bells I don't need.

I especially wonder whether the vanilla version overclocks as well, as it does not have the heatpipe / 8 phase power design / whatever of the deluxe version.

i||uSi0n^ · 08-30-2006, 05:51 AM

voila check me in! got my system all up and runing

system specs in my sig.

i||uSi0n^

EDIT: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3479/picture001xj7.jpg -> my setup pic, no g.skill ram on it coz i had to send them back for spd re-prog...hope to get them back soon...

dinnadawg · 08-30-2006, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i||uSi0n^

voila check me in! got my system all up and runing

system specs in my sig.

i||uSi0n^

EDIT: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3479/picture001xj7.jpg -> my setup pic, no g.skill ram on it coz i had to send them back for spd re-prog...hope to get them back soon...

What speed is my RAM supposed to be? Here's what CPU-Z says:

klc314 · 09-03-2006, 09:35 AM

I just got onboard yesterday, and discovered the ICH8R will find RAID 0 arrays from the ICH5R and boot OK. Had to do some XP adjusting but am now working with all my old stuff. ASUS P5B Deluxe, E6400, 2gig Rendition (2X1) matched. I still have to solve some slow boot issues, go buy a parallel port add in card, and some more minor stuff, but like everything so far.

Yamuke · 09-06-2006, 01:19 AM

System as per signature no problems at all, stable and cool.

No overclock, no point for me lol

Diddycoon · 09-10-2006, 04:53 PM

I've started building one.
Just waiting for a few parts to turn up on mail order.

But basically the end product will consist of...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Scythe Katana CU Heatsink
Gigabyte GA965P-DS3
2x1Gb Corsair DDR2 6400 4-4-4-12
Gigabyte GeForce 7600GT 256MB Slientpipe II
WD 150Gb Raptor
NEC ND-4570
Antec SOHO ATX Tower
Antec 480w True Power II

It will be replacing my current rig...

Intel P4 2.4Ghz
Zalman Flower Heatsink
2x512 Crucial DDR ECC PC2100
Asus P4G8X Deluxe
ATi Radeon 7200 64Mb
WD 36Gb Raptor
NEC ND-4550A
Antec SOHO ATX Tower
Antec 400w True Power

So I should see a nice peformance increase across the board.

Griff · 09-10-2006, 05:58 PM

I finally got my P5B Deluxe and the E6600 on Friday but will not get the memory and video card until Sept.14. So have to wait a while yet.

P5B WiFi deluxe
Intel Core 2 duo E6600
Mushkin XP26400 Xtreme performance 2gig dual channel
EVGA 7900GT
Will use my old case and optical drives along with my WD raptors in Raid 0 config.

**Sandog** · 09-10-2006, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

I finally got my P5B Deluxe and the E6600 on Friday but will not get the memory and video card until Sept.14. So have to wait a while yet.

P5B WiFi deluxe
Intel Core 2 duo E6600
Mushkin XP26400 Xtreme performance 2gig dual channel
EVGA 7900GT
Will use my old case and optical drives along with my WD raptors in Raid 0 config.

08-18-2006, 03:22 AM	#16
Rickwell Last user turn off lights Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,567	Hey Slider that looks like a pretty nice setup.Nice temps to.It was a toss up between that board and the one I have now.I couldn't decide one way or the other at all.So I tossed a quarter and got the DQ6.I can't say I would have felt a loss either way.But I do feel some what like a turn coat for leaving Asus this round.Well maybe I'll toss that coin again sometime lol.But anyway good luck with your new setup. __________________ Water Cooling-DangerDen Cooled Core 2 Extreme qx9650 3.00 Ghz Asus X48 DDR2 Rampage Formula XFX 280 GTX 1.0GB Video Card 4GB Corsair Twin 2X4096-8500C5DF 2 x 74 GB Raptors Matrix Raid 0/0 Corsair CMPSU-1000HX PSU Corsair 4GB Voyager GT (Ready Boost) Dell 2405 LCD Flat Panel Monitor WinXP x64 sp2 / WinV x64 sp1
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08-19-2006, 10:09 AM	#19
babbler Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 7	I got a Conroe E6600 to replace my space heater (Pentium 955EE at 3.73Ghz). It's much faster than the EE in everything and runs about 15C cooler. Couldn't be happier. Only wish I had saved my money to get the X6800. __________________ PC 1: D975XBX rev. 304 - Core 2 Duo E6600 - Powercolor X1900XTX - 2GB Corsair XMS2 800 - PC Power&Cooling 850 SSI - Silverstone TJ07B- Plextor 755SA - Aquacomputer water cooling 3Dmark2005 12,082 PC 2: D975XBX rev. 302 - Pentium D 955 XE - MSI 7800GTX - 2GB OCZ 667 - Enermax Liberty 400 watts - Lian Li 3077B - Innovatek water cooling 3Dmark2005 8865 PC 3: DG965WH - Core 2 Duo E6300 - Gigabyte 6600GT - 1GB Corsair 533 - Enermax Liberty 620watts - Lian Li V1100B Plus - Plextor 716SA - Danger Den water cooling
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08-29-2006, 10:18 PM	#21
Geocacher Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 28	I can't believe I found this site after over 2 years, after losing my bookmarks, and user name, password, etc! Anyway I built my 1st, and 2nd systems, based on the Asus P4PE MB, over 3 yrs ago, and have been very happy, except for the the occasional cold boot, due to the imagination of the (bios)the little oriental lady posting, telling me that the overclocking failed, a few times a year( I don't overclock) has been bullet proof! I just finished building a e6400, Asus P5B mb, Corsair 2x1g twin pc6400 c4 ddr2 ram, and it is up and running. But what I've read on other various forums, and the stress, that I've run into doing the research over the last month, about compatibility with memory, and Asus bios, and the Conroe cpu, all I can say is that I'm happy all has gone well with my build! __________________ P4PE/L P4 2.4b (533mhz fsb) Crucial 512mb DDR PC2700 WD 100GB SP/ED 7200 RPM WD 60GB 7200 rpm GF4 MX440 64mb DDR (LEADTEK) Antec TP 430watt PSU CHIEFTEC DRAGON(silver alum) XP-PRO (sp1)
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08-30-2006, 12:27 AM	#22
dinnadawg nine fingered hobbit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Phila, PA Posts: 974	Checking in: Just got the final stuff today for my conroe system, now I'm up and running and so far so good. Asus Vento 3600 Case E6600 Asus P5B G. Skill 2x 1gb 6400 Sapphire x1900xt 512mb Seagate 250gb SATA NEC 16x dvd burner Enermax Liberty 550W Haven't overclocked it yet, just got done installing a bunch of stuff, I look forward to it tomorrow!
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08-30-2006, 05:34 AM	#23
CanterwoodBoy Bioshocked Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 268	Asus P5B Did you get the "deluxe" or the vanilla version of the P5B? Just asking because I am also interested and the deluxe is priced significantly higher and has a lot of whistles and bells I don't need. I especially wonder whether the vanilla version overclocks as well, as it does not have the heatpipe / 8 phase power design / whatever of the deluxe version. __________________ Asus PW5DH - Core2Duo E6600 stock cooling - 2 x 1024 MB Corsair XMS 6400 CL5 - HIS ATI Radeon X1900XT 256MB - WD Raptor 150 GB - WD Raptor 36 GB - Hitachi Deskstar180GXP 120 GB - Pioneer 120S - Liteon 52246S - Toshiba TS-H552U - Thermaltake Toughpower 600W - Compucase 6920 - Win XP home - Viewsonic VX924 Sitting around: Asus P4C800 - P4 2.8 Northwood- 2 x 512 MB Corsair XMS 3500 - Sapphire ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
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08-30-2006, 05:51 AM	#24
i\|\|uSi0n^ Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 225	voila check me in! got my system all up and runing system specs in my sig. i\|\|uSi0n^ EDIT: http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3479/picture001xj7.jpg -> my setup pic, no g.skill ram on it coz i had to send them back for spd re-prog...hope to get them back soon... __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 ASUS P5W DH Deluxe G.Skill 2GBHZ DDR2-800Mhz (Dual Channel) XFX Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB DDR-III XXX Edition SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Seagate 500GB 7200.10 S-ATA-II 300 NCQ 16 MB Cache Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-112D Antec P180 Casing Zalman CNPS9500 LED Antec True Power Trio 550W Power Supply Windows Vista Ultimate Edition 32-Bit Samsung 206BW 20" Widescreen LCD
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09-03-2006, 09:35 AM	#26
klc314 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 333	I just got onboard yesterday, and discovered the ICH8R will find RAID 0 arrays from the ICH5R and boot OK. Had to do some XP adjusting but am now working with all my old stuff. ASUS P5B Deluxe, E6400, 2gig Rendition (2X1) matched. I still have to solve some slow boot issues, go buy a parallel port add in card, and some more minor stuff, but like everything so far.
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09-06-2006, 01:19 AM	#27
Yamuke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 17	System as per signature no problems at all, stable and cool. No overclock, no point for me lol __________________ E6400 - P5W DH DLX Corsair Twin2X2048 6400PRO 5-5-5-12 Sapphire ATI X850XT - Audigy 2ZS 2x WD Caviar 160GB SATA II Raid 0 Coolermaster TACT-01 - Enermax Liberty 500W Samsung 913B - WinXP Pro - DVR109
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09-10-2006, 04:53 PM	#28
Diddycoon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3	I've started building one. Just waiting for a few parts to turn up on mail order. But basically the end product will consist of... Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Scythe Katana CU Heatsink Gigabyte GA965P-DS3 2x1Gb Corsair DDR2 6400 4-4-4-12 Gigabyte GeForce 7600GT 256MB Slientpipe II WD 150Gb Raptor NEC ND-4570 Antec SOHO ATX Tower Antec 480w True Power II It will be replacing my current rig... Intel P4 2.4Ghz Zalman Flower Heatsink 2x512 Crucial DDR ECC PC2100 Asus P4G8X Deluxe ATi Radeon 7200 64Mb WD 36Gb Raptor NEC ND-4550A Antec SOHO ATX Tower Antec 400w True Power So I should see a nice peformance increase across the board.
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09-10-2006, 05:58 PM	#29
Griff OLD FART Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Smithers BC, Canada Posts: 3,607	I finally got my P5B Deluxe and the E6600 on Friday but will not get the memory and video card until Sept.14. So have to wait a while yet. P5B WiFi deluxe Intel Core 2 duo E6600 Mushkin XP26400 Xtreme performance 2gig dual channel EVGA 7900GT Will use my old case and optical drives along with my WD raptors in Raid 0 config. __________________ Jerry Folding for the betterment of man kind.
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