1-3 Days?

neologan · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:19

gibbo what about boards? i cant get the Asus because of the BIOS problem. When will the Intel's or DFI's be back in?

uvarvu · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:24

Yep I'm taking tuesday off as well I think lol!!

SimonMaltby · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:24

neologan said:
gibbo what about boards? i cant get the Asus because of the BIOS problem. When will the Intel's or DFI's be back in?

I know its not ideal, but just order the asus with the cheapest Celeron 775 CPU - an extra £35, flash the bios and then sell the Celeron or keep as a fall back for when you break the conroe

eatmuchpie · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:30

I think there were reports on XS that you only need to update the BIOS to boot using an ES conroe, and the retail ones do work off-the-bat (well, long enough to get into bios settings and flash it).

I can't remember where on XS though, shall have a look...

drunkenmaster · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:35

lol, tbh for the price a few places are asking for the asus they should throw in a free celery

jimbonkers · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:38

Wow this is great news!

jonorigin · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:41

Tigjaw said:
Does that only apply to the X6800?

I'd be interested to now the availability of the 6600's, my pc is out of action at the mo, so it would make a timely upgrade!!

Stelly · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:42

drunkenmaster said:
lol, tbh for the price a few places are asking for the asus they should throw in a free celery

You know thats not going to happen, I dont even get as much as a thank you for buying parts over £2k lol

Stelly

Sem · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:44

unbelievable

some people will pay £350 extra just to get it early :eek:

for me that money could go towards an extra gpu or something

wish i had such disposable income

jimbonkers · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:45

Sem said:
unbelievable

some people will pay £350 extra just to get it early

for me that money could go towards an extra gpu or something

wish i had such disposable income

so your saying people sell the X6800 for under £450, i would love to see this place...

Stelly · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:47

jimbonkers said:
so your saying people sell the X6800 for under £400, i would love to see this place...

I doubt that on SO many levels lol

Stelly

Gibbo · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:47

neologan said:
gibbo what about boards? i cant get the Asus because of the BIOS problem. When will the Intel's or DFI's be back in?

Asus are willing to send BIOS chips out to customers who have non-conroe CPU to flash with.

For the moment I have not been forwarded a contact, typical Asus poor support but at least they are trying.

For now anybody who needs this BIOS please email the beutiful Portia:-
[email protected]

As she should be able to pass you onto the right department and she will no doubt tell me off for posting her mail address but I know you guys need to get BIOS chips for these boards so they work.

All Intel and DFI boards have sold out again, but lots more due next week.

Sem · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:47

no was talking about the guy who changed his order from a E6700 to a X6800

not that there's anything wrong with that

i would do it if i could afford to

Things change I've changed · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:48

just gets out of bed/wonders on to thread/runs around room screaming

killer_uk · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:50

lowrider007 said:
just gets out of bed/wonders on to thread/runs around room screaming

Another X6800 man eh?

I hope us E6600 buyers don't have to wait until 7th of August.

drunkenmaster · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:54

he's saying people have gone from a E6700 to a X6800 just so they can get it monday, thats the £350 and quite rightly, the £350 could buy an extra 7950gx2 if you really wanted(well + £30). 266Mhz or a whole dual gpu card extra, i know what i'd spend the money on. but if you have the cash to burn who cares, i don't so won't. then again if i won the lotto i still wouldn't spend £700 on a cpu thats basically not going to get much further than a 6600 on air(most likely

).

if i did buy a x6800, i'd most likely get between 3.6-4Ghz on air cooling and be dropping the multi to that of the E6600 to get higher fsb/mem speeds.

SimonMaltby · 14 Jul 2006 at 15:58

Sem said:
unbelievable

some people will pay £350 extra just to get it early

for me that money could go towards an extra gpu or something

wish i had such disposable income

Not quite that simple... i'm very keen to hit between 3.5 and 4ghz on air and have been worrying about the Asus's ability to run 400FSB day-to-day.

Therefore i just needed a kick to make the switch to the X6800 becuase the multi is unlocked and i can therefore, hopefully, have a high core speed without pushing the Mobo too far. i.e. 307x13 instead of 400x10

Its a case of balance i suppose.

Plus i can afford it

Although it still hurts and i know its ott... just hope that i can stop looking and keep it for a decent period of time.

drunkenmaster · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:04

remember its early bios times on boards not widely available. plenty of people are doing over 400 already, and apparently latest bios on the budget $150/£90 gigabyte Ds3 board is letting someone boot and stay stable at 480mhz. doubt fsb will end up being an issue.

either way, Gibsterino, give us a hint when we might get a E6600 in stock?

jimbonkers · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:07

Want to know something even sadder than spending £775 on a CPU and 16 year old spending £775 on a CPU.

SimonMaltby · 14 Jul 2006 at 16:08

drunkenmaster said:
remember its early bios times on boards not widely available. plenty of people are doing over 400 already, and apparently latest bios on the budget $150/£90 gigabyte Ds3 board is letting someone boot and stay stable at 480mhz. doubt fsb will end up being an issue.

either way, Gibsterino, give us a hint when we might get a E6600 in stock?

The 400 plus FSB results are on extreme overclocking sites, not day-to-day use. Will they be stable at that speeds? The longest Prime i've seen is circa 15 mins so far.

Its all unknown terratory.