Socket A to Socket 939 - Upgrade worth the money?

[ALANMAN]

I'd just like to say, going from the highest Socket A processor to even the lowest Athlon 64 (any socket) is a huge jump performance wise. that is all.

 

[spanner_razor]

Remember that he's in England so shipping for a pc would cost a ton. Asrock aren't bad, they tend to make crossover boards to ease transitions to new ram and gpu sockets.

Don't get me wrong my 939 rig is still fast but it's just limited in its upgrade path. If you really want to go with a 939 board, agp and ddr1 ram this might be an option for you, just upgraded a machine with it, not too bad:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/100512 - about 25 quid, plus a

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125398/rb/0 - 41 odd quid with the option to pop in a dual core later or now as you can get a 4200 for 90

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/112960

the board has 5 pci slots, 4 usb +2 at the front of the case if you have a case with them, 1 agp, 4 ddr1 support.

 

[aevm]

Just out of interest - why do you need a USB controller card? If you could do without that you might find it easier to get a board that meets your requirements.

You can also buy very cheap USB 56K modems, so there's another way to reduce your PCI dependency.

There are also USB tuners (Hauppauge makes a nice model, for example).

 

[tlmck]

Here is an interesting option. http://promotions.newegg.com/AMD/053007/index.html
and this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103012

 

[CompTIA_Rep]

Tell you what you can buy my old system

Opteron 170 (dual core) 2ghz overclocked to 2.6ghz (Sandra benchmarks it slightly faster than an FX60)
2x1gb OCZ Gold (DDR400) memory. (currently running at 225mhz)
2x80gb seagate 7200rpm SATA2 harddrives in Raid 0 (just shy of 100mbs per second)
Gigabyte GA-K8n Ultra-9 socket 939 motherboard.
Sound Blaster Audigy
ATI X1800XT 256mb 256bit PCI Express X16
450watt p-supply

$300.00 + shipping.

System is memtest passed and Dual Prime95 10+ hours stable. Actually I ran the system this way for about 3 months until I upgraded and never had an issue.

Its in an Enlight case thats old but for now is just holding everything so I can sell it. Just has a standard cd-rom at the moment.

+1 for this post.
Well worth it for the cost of $300. It may not be new, but the price is good.

 

[ALANMAN]

Tell you what you can buy my old system

Opteron 170 (dual core) 2ghz overclocked to 2.6ghz (Sandra benchmarks it slightly faster than an FX60)
2x1gb OCZ Gold (DDR400) memory. (currently running at 225mhz)
2x80gb seagate 7200rpm SATA2 harddrives in Raid 0 (just shy of 100mbs per second)
Gigabyte GA-K8n Ultra-9 socket 939 motherboard.
Sound Blaster Audigy
ATI X1800XT 256mb 256bit PCI Express X16
450watt p-supply

$300.00 + shipping.

System is memtest passed and Dual Prime95 10+ hours stable. Actually I ran the system this way for about 3 months until I upgraded and never had an issue.

Its in an Enlight case thats old but for now is just holding everything so I can sell it. Just has a standard cd-rom at the moment.

+1 for this post.
Well worth it for the cost of $300. It may not be new, but the price is good.

Good? are you F****** kidding? That price is GREAT!

 

[rwayne]

Neither. I would wait until this fall or the end of summer when AMD comes out with their new ATI chip set that offers PCI Express 2.0. Then follow that up with one of their phenom processors.

Spend your time outdoors and enjoy the weather. Then spend your winter with a totally awesome rig.

 

[rabidbunny]

Tell you what you can buy my old system

Opteron 170 (dual core) 2ghz overclocked to 2.6ghz (Sandra benchmarks it slightly faster than an FX60)
2x1gb OCZ Gold (DDR400) memory. (currently running at 225mhz)
2x80gb seagate 7200rpm SATA2 harddrives in Raid 0 (just shy of 100mbs per second)
Gigabyte GA-K8n Ultra-9 socket 939 motherboard.
Sound Blaster Audigy
ATI X1800XT 256mb 256bit PCI Express X16
450watt p-supply

$300.00 + shipping.

System is memtest passed and Dual Prime95 10+ hours stable. Actually I ran the system this way for about 3 months until I upgraded and never had an issue.

Its in an Enlight case thats old but for now is just holding everything so I can sell it. Just has a standard cd-rom at the moment.

WOW! THAT'S AN AWESOME DEAL!
holy crap, that'd be MUCH better for my parents than my dimension 4550!..If you're serious about selling it, I might be your buyer...
You in the US? I am.

 

[marshahu]

As little as possible!! I'm not really looking for a new PC I'm merely looking for opportunities to remove bottlenecks in my current PC. I am trying to reduce the amount of changes I make otherwise I'll only keep upgrading and will spend more time adding to the PC than bloody using it. :lol:

Also I dont want to go too mad on this rig - this is for the family to use including me - otherwise I wont have enough left for my Shuttle C2D build later on this summer.

I originally intended on spending £400 on adding the raptor hard disk and perhaps a modular power supply to accomodate the new graphics card (I was thinking of a Seasonic Modulous Power Supply.

By the way, I heard that C2D including the Quad versions are undergoing a huge price drop - when is this scheduled to occur??

 

[akahuddy]

Tell you what you can buy my old system

Opteron 170 (dual core) 2ghz overclocked to 2.6ghz (Sandra benchmarks it slightly faster than an FX60)
2x1gb OCZ Gold (DDR400) memory. (currently running at 225mhz)
2x80gb seagate 7200rpm SATA2 harddrives in Raid 0 (just shy of 100mbs per second)
Gigabyte GA-K8n Ultra-9 socket 939 motherboard.
Sound Blaster Audigy
ATI X1800XT 256mb 256bit PCI Express X16
450watt p-supply

$300.00 + shipping.

That's an amazing deal. I'm interested... :twisted: