Asrock mATX Conroe 1333 mobo

[kenmo]

Anyone here using this mobo?

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=24506&vpn=ConRoe1333-D667&manufacture=ASRock

The price seems to be too good to be true. The fact it supports fsb of 1333 and Dual Core 2 Extremes is nice.

Right now my budget could afford a Pentium E2180 or similar. I'd also pickup two 1 gig sticks of DDR2 ram. However down the road I could then pickup an E6xxx series.

Basically I'm an AMD X2 4200 fan and have 4 computers as listed.

AMD 64 X2 4200 (Win Xp) MSI mobo 3 gb DDR
AMD XP 2500 (OpenSuse 10)MSI mobo 1.5 gb DDR
AMD 1800 (Win 2003) MSI mobo 1 gb DDR
Celeron 2.93 (Win Xp)MachSpeed (Biostar variant) 768mb SDRAM

My AMD 1800 and AMD 2500 are file/print servers. The Celeron is for video editing, the X2 4200 for photo editing and 3D rendering.

I would be dumping the AMD 1800 with this setup and deploy this as my video editing pc, and demoting the Celeron to be the Win2003 server.

Thoughts or opinions?

[Soopafresh]

I installed a similar ASROCK mobo back in Sept for a client. Works great. No problems. They're not overclockers, but I don't overclock anyway. Only 2 slots for RAM, so going above 2GB can get expensive.

You should look at the E4500 Dual Core chip. Not too expensive at all and pretty peppy.

[kenmo]

Is the performance for the E4500 much over the E2180?

Yes only two DDR2 slots kind of bothers me but the price is right,

Cheers

[jagabo]

People seem to like it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157113

FWIW: Fry's is advertising a E2180 CPU with an ECS 945GCT-M motherboard for $88.99 today.

[kenmo]

People seem to like it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157113

FWIW: Fry's is advertising a E2180 CPU with an ECS 945GCT-M motherboard for $88.99 today.

Sorry but I checked and re-checked their site and I can't find this combo you mention. Can you provide a direct link?

Thanks kindly...

[jagabo]

It's in the local paper. I didn't see it at their site either.

[budz]

FRY'S doesn't list mobo combos on their website. Here's a link for that E2180 combo.

http://newspaperads.mercurynews.com/ROP/ads.aspx?adid=5596293&advid=32664&type=

I don't even live in California but I found a link for the San Jose Mercury Online Newspaper so I could view FRY's newspaper ads.

[lacywest]

Interesting

[kenmo]

Only wished this mobo had 4 and not 2 DDR2 slots... Anyone know of a comparable mobo to this (price/feature) but has more DDR2 slots?

Thanks kindly

[budz]

Only wished this mobo had 4 and not 2 DDR2 slots... Anyone know of a comparable mobo to this (price/feature) but has more DDR2 slots?

Thanks kindly

I'm assuming you're looking for a mobo w/intel c2d processor. Here's my suggestions:

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard, $99.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard, $126.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128050

I have both of those mobo's which haven't given me any problems. I have a c2d E2160 w/the GA-P35-DS3L which is currently overclocked to 2.4ghz using stock hsf. It can go up to 3.00ghz as well but I'm going to be using a aftermarket hsf at a later time. The E6400 uses the GA-P35-DSR3R mobo which is currently overclocked to 2.6ghz. IMHO you can't go wrong with either of those mobo's since it can be upgraded to another faster processor.

[kenmo]

I've been starring at these too long and I can't see a difference between these two Asrock mobos. Anyone care see a diff?


ASRock WOLFDALE1333-D667 LGA775
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=27735&vpn=Wolfdale1333-D667&manufacture=ASRock

ASRock CONROE1333-D667 LGA775
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=24506&vpn=ConRoe1333-D667&manufacture=ASRock

TIA

[bigstusexy]

Is the performance for the E4500 much over the E2180?

Yes only two DDR2 slots kind of bothers me but the price is right,

Cheers

Could also be impossible, I have one of their corssover boards and it does not support more than 2GB.

As far as performance its solid. They do have OC ing settings but I haven't tried it, not really me but its solid. I run my computer pretty much 24x7 and I am not worried.

The price doesn't seem anything special, this isn't a super bells and whistles board but its no cheap crap board either.

[GKar]

This site tracks Fry's ads:

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/

[kenmo]

Some really good deals at Fry's but I live in Canada and it appears these sale items are store only purchases....