Find a crap mobo for conroe, or...

[Newsboys2004]

What should I do? I have all my components for conroe except mobo. I have two options.

1. Look for crap mobo and buy it.
2. Wait for good mobo in a month, and go ahead and install x-fi.

What do you think?

 

[brucedeluxe169]

or... buy a good one now?

 

[Newsboys2004]

The launch mobos mostly suck and cost too much :-(

 

[Newsboys2004]

Or could you find me one that generates low power, has 10 or more usb ports, 4 pata drives (2x), 4 or more sata drives, a floppy (or support for 2) drive connector, raid, etc...

 

[Cynicist]

You'll be waiting a while for that mobo. Why would a person need that many usb ports?

 

[Dennis Gordon]

Rumor has it that the Rev. 2 version of the ASRock 775i65G will support Conroe:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157091

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/print/20060425175704.html


I bought one last week for a 940D. Unfortunately it went poof on me immediately, so I'm waiting on the RMA.

It's a cute little micro ATX board, few features, but for $45...

 

[Newsboys2004]

How many usb ports do the current conroe mobos go up to?

 

[Newsboys2004]

Tell me at least 8?

I found a pci card with 4 ports...

 

[Neilyos]

I don't know if you plan to overclock or not, but I don't overclock and I usually buy official Intel boards. Intel will be rolling out a LOT of new motherboards within the next few weeks, as shown by their website. Personally I'm holding out for the top level G965 board. I want to have integrated graphics (as a backup of course) and Matrix RAID, and an official board. But that's just me. Your needs may be different.
Intel Boards

 

[Newsboys2004]

Are there ANY mobos on that page with support with 2x pata drives?