939 boards and opteron's

pharoah · Feb 28, 2006

would just about any socket 939 board that can use an x2 also use a dual core opty

linux_0 · Feb 28, 2006

Yup.

Any board that can use an X2 should be able to use an Opteron 1xx socket 939.

If not out of the box it should work after a BIOS upgrade.

pharoah · Feb 28, 2006

cool thanks for the input im looking at this AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103588

and motherboard <(has to be a micro board for my aspire x q-pack case)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138264

linux_0 · Feb 28, 2006

Looks good to me 😀

Good luck! 😀

dvdpiddy · Feb 28, 2006

yes and get an opty 165 if you plan to oc

pharoah · Feb 28, 2006

yes scroll up a bit the 165 is exactly what im lookin at :lol:

dvdpiddy · Feb 28, 2006

good for you man but get a better mobo may i suggest this one if its in stock then get it

pharoah · Feb 28, 2006

hey thanks for pointing me to that board one of the reviewers on new egg said it runs his opty 165 just fine :lol:

dvdpiddy · Feb 28, 2006

welcome