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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:26:51 +0000, Edward Diener No Spam wrote:
> Wes Newell wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:17:10 +0000, Edward Diener No Spam wrote:
>>>I am looking to build a new AMD system. My first question: is AMD
>>>Socket 939 the way to go ? Are these 64-bit systems reliable ? Or
>>>should I stick with AMD Socket A systems ?
>>>
>> The new A64 is much better, cooler, and faster.
>
> Meaning the AMD Athlon 64 ? The AMD Socket 939 design in general ? Or
> the particular Abit 939 mobos ?
>
Meaning all the K8 cpu's, 754, 940, or 939.
>>>My impression is that Socket A systems are at the end of their line and
>>>that Socket 939 systems are what all the new AMD systems will use. Am I
>>>wrong ?
>>>
>>>
>> Socket A is completely dead as for as new cpu's go. Socket 939 will be
>> replaced next year with socket M or something like that when AMD starts
>> building the K8's with a new memory controller for DDR2. Don't let that
>> worry you. DDR2 isn't any fatser than DDR.
>
> So all future AMD cpus will be hosted on socket 939 or socket M boards ?
> It sounds like getting a socket 939 mobo is the way to go since they
> theoretically offer upgradability to AMD's future cpus ( I know this
> often does not happen anyway because of mobo limitations ), while the
> socket A mobos will not be able to support future AMD cpus. As I
> understand it, however, because the AMD Opteron is a dual-core, it does
> run on socket A mobos. Does that mean that future Opterons are still
> supposed to support socket A ?
>
None of the K8 cpu's will run on socket A. I don't know where you came up
with that. Forget the future of the MB you buy and get what you need
today. A year from now, there will be new boards with a different socket
and newer boards for the same socket. If you don't think you'll be
spending several hundred bucks fro a dual core cpu any time soon, then
even a socket 754 board is good and cheaper than 939 cpu's, and clock for
clock, the 939's aren't that much faster. Look at some of the benchmarks.
>>>I am much more interested in reliability than speed, while at the same
>>>time I want to naturally build a system that is using the latest
>>>technologies and will last. I am not looking for a gaming/multimedia
>>>system but rather a developer system.
>>
>>
>> The K8 cpu's are more solid than the older K7's IMO.
>
> OK, thanks ! It sounds like the choice is socket A, with possible
> support for future Opterons at best, and socket 939, with support for
> all future AMD cpus. At this juncture, one of the Abit socket 939 mobos
> sounds like the right choice. Thanks for your information.
Again, not socket A, and 939's will never support Opterons to my
knowledge. They do support X2's (dual core) though.
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