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S754 vs. S939

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Circuitbreaker8

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I really cant make up my mind on what to go with! Seems like both of them have thier pluses and minuses, but those are both pretty major. Socket 754's prices are VERY low right now, and I can probably get an A64 3200 setup easily with the money i have, but it doesnt support dual channel memory! Thats the only thing keeping me away from them. Socket 939 is almost to good to be true, but all the motherboards seem to suck hard! I've configured two systems...

1)

AMD Athlon64 3500 512k 939
----Socket 939 motherboard----
512mb ( one stick till I get more $$ ) Corsair XMS 3200

or..

2)

AMD Athlon64 3200 754
DFI lanparty NF3 754
1GB Kingston HYPER X 3200 cas 2


I'm really leaning towards the 939 solution as it would last me a lot longer and has dual channel memory, but all the motherboards are horrible. I dont know what the problem is...but I hope atleast one board comes out that doesnt have 100 problems. What do you guys think?
 
I would go with option A...Its relatively future proof. Has what your looking for. The 754 architecture is on its way out thats why everything is so cheap. You could always upgrade your mobo when the boards get better. By the way Dual Channel Memory does not give you any noticeable performance gains..the difference between single and dual is very minimal.
 
Can you wait for the Nforce 4?

I'd go the A route but if you want it cheaper get the newer 3000+ or 3200+ models out and they should be relatively easy to overclock to 3500+ speeds.
 
I would get at least a gig anyways. RAM is cheaper than ever, and you can get that much for about 150$. For another 40$ you can get Komusa.com's HyperRAM, which runs at 466mhz and has a very low latency.
 
I would wait for the socket 939 3000+ and 3200+ chips and get one of them
 
Wait for Winchester and nForce 4.
Plenty of good procs and mobo's are out right now, but its a terrible time to upgrade with all this new technology coming out!
 
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