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Question About Sockets And Processors?

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Willtrax

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Question? Is there much difference in the 754 socket mobo and 939 socket mobo? :confused: LanParty UT nF3 250Gb Socket 754 mobo looks like a good board. Here is my project. I need to do a major upgrade on my system. My old computer is Athlon XP 1.7,512 mb,40 gig hdd,40x cdr and a Creative Labs 12x dvd player with mpeg card,Voodoo 3 videocard,NEC Speaker Amp. From the stats you can tell it's time to bring out the trash can. :D If anyone has some ideas for a new computer, please throw in. All I ask is two things,first stay to a $500 - $600 buck limit and second AMD all the way. :cool:
Thank you everyone. :cool:
 
There are more differences between the sockets that will matter to you than are technically there, heh. I'll break it down.

754:
64bit memory bus (3200MB/s peak bandwidth)
Supports Semprons, Early Athlon 64's, a few rare 90nm Athlon 64's, and Mobiles/Turions.
Typically a cheap platform, but is possible now to make a 939 system perform better than a 754 system at the same price
This socket is being phased out. 4000+ is the best chip that will ever be on it.
Few boards with 754 have PCI-e support (luckily DFI has one, as DFI is a godsend to AMD-using enthusiasts)

939:
128bit memory bus (6400MB/s peak bandwidth)
Will be supported with products until at least Nov2006
Supports Semprons, Athlon64's, Opterons, dual core K8's
Re-emphasis on DUAL CORES. 754 likely won't see a dual core, since the dual-core Turion will probably be on Socket S1.
Supports four sticks of RAM, versus 754 only supporting 3 sticks max.
 
robberbaron said:
There are more differences between the sockets that will matter to you than are technically there, heh. I'll break it down.

754:
64bit memory bus (3200MB/s peak bandwidth)
Supports Semprons, Early Athlon 64's, a few rare 90nm Athlon 64's, and Mobiles/Turions.
Typically a cheap platform, but is possible now to make a 939 system perform better than a 754 system at the same price
This socket is being phased out. 4000+ is the best chip that will ever be on it.
Few boards with 754 have PCI-e support (luckily DFI has one, as DFI is a godsend to AMD-using enthusiasts)

939:
128bit memory bus (6400MB/s peak bandwidth)
Will be supported with products until at least Nov2006
Supports Semprons, Athlon64's, Opterons, dual core K8's
Re-emphasis on DUAL CORES. 754 likely won't see a dual core, since the dual-core Turion will probably be on Socket S1.
Supports four sticks of RAM, versus 754 only supporting 3 sticks max.
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Don't forget 940:
128bit memory bus up to x 2 (12.8G/second) or x 4 (25.6G/second) depending on how many sockets/processors you are running.
Supports 100/200/800 series opterons, including dual core.
negatives: requires registered memory, motherboards more expensive (but generally more features).
940 pricing has generally come down pretty well. Just look at the K8N-DL
or the K8N Master2
 
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