Has anyone actually used the future CPU port on ASROCK mobos?

Can you even buy the boards that utilize these ports? To me it doesnt seem practical, if someone is going to upgrade i think they would just get a new mobo. Unless the price difference is huge I know I wouldnt make that move. Id love to hear any experiences with this feature.

I'd like to know also, been looking at upgrading from socket A for awhile. Had my eye on this one specifically:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157097

Not necessarily for the AM2 capability, but because i don't have to buy new ram and can still use my 6800gt agp. Now if only I could find a nice deal on a athlon64 3800+, opteron equivalent, or greater.

I have no idea where you would even buy the am2 card, and my guess would be that it would probably cost half, if not more than a new am2 mobo.

I haven't used any board like this...

It has been my experience that Uli chipsets are hit or miss depending on hardware installed on the board. Personally I tend to stay away from "every-upgrade-imaginable-on-one-motherboard" deals.

my 2 cents.

I would assume you can purchase the upgrade "card/socket" from ASrock.

Well I did a little googling and found this...

ASrock AM2 CPU upgrade board review.

and...

benchmark reviews from the same site

interesting but seems like too much hassle/clutter/margin for error

I still haven't seen a price anywhere, if anyone happens to run into that, please post.

http://www.xpcgear.com/am2cpuboard.html

This looks like it too me. I think I would rather buy a new motherboard and sell the old one.

My mobo has that slot, but I never intended to use it.

I bought my current motherboard because I was using an AGP card at the time, but knew I'd want to go PCI-E when I upgraded my video card. This motherboard had both types of video slots, so that's why I chose it.

Not many people actually ever use it, but the board is solid and can. Further, it was a strong selling point at the time. When this board first came out nobody had a clue what AM2 was. Plus it supports AGP... for under $70? It is a solid, cheap MB that fills quit a large niche.

Imagine when s478 boards were in their prime. Imagine one that said it would support s775 in the future due to a "future CPU slot". Wouldn't that have been a strong selling point at the time? Let alone both a fully functioning AGP and PCI-E slot. That's about equivalent to an Intel board now that would guarantee something past Kentsfield's compatibility and had a PCI-E 2.0 slot.

I had it, and to be honest, my Abit 32X doesn't do anything (that I use) that this board couldn't. (edit: I use sound on-board w/my Abit, I didin't with the AsRock) I get the same overclock and everything.

Highly recommended for upgrading, but not if you are getting a whole new system. Happy with the amount of ram you have and your AGP card? Get this.

To answer the original question, no I don't use it and with C2D I'm sure very few will... but who knew that a year+ ago?