939 or AM2?

[Realillusion222]

Hey, I am considering building a new computer, but am unsure on what socket too choose.

Obviously i'd like to go AM2, but the only thing that deters me is that I have 1.5gig's of DDR RAM that will go to total waste, and also i'd have to shell out an extra £100 on 2 gig's of DDR2 RAM.

Or could I get by with 1 gig of DDR2?

 

[Hades]

Personally I'd say go Conroe (and I'm an AMD fan!). Don't forget you can sell your old RAM to cover some of the cost of the new stuff.

 

[Realillusion222]

Personally I'd say go Conroe (and I'm an AMD fan!). Don't forget you can sell your old RAM to cover some of the cost of the new stuff.

Yeah, I could sell one of the gig's I guess.

Just to check, I won't be able to use my DDR RAM will I?

Yeah, i'd like to go Conroe, but with the huge delays and the apparent lack of decent boards, I think AM2 is the way for me.

 

[Gashman]

agree with hades, conroe now if your upgrade is needed, or wait till late this year/early next year and see what performance AMDs 65nM chips offer in comparison to conroe, i can see A64 being on par with conroe when it gets a clock boost and perhaps one or two revisions hopefully, make the market very competative

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Personally I'd say go Conroe (and I'm an AMD fan!). Don't forget you can sell your old RAM to cover some of the cost of the new stuff.

 

[PeteLucky7]

Or build a stopgap cheap as chips 939 system for about the same price as a Conroe chip on its own.

Eg circa £60 for a 3200 that cost £120 a few months ago or £90 for a 3700 San Diego that cost £180 not long ago. Granted Conroe probably chews them up and spits them out but the savings could go toward a better graphics card which may be more important with loads of games (assuming you're a gamer) being graphics limited rather than cpu limited.

Also loads of 939 boards going cheap with AM2 and now Conroe out.

 

[Realillusion222]

Or build a stopgap cheap as chips 939 system for about the same price as a Conroe chip on its own.

Eg circa £60 for a 3200 that cost £120 a few months ago or £90 for a 3700 San Diego that cost £180 not long ago. Granted Conroe probably chews them up and spits them out but the savings could go toward a better graphics card which may be more important with loads of games (assuming you're a gamer) being graphics limited rather than cpu limited.

Also loads of 939 boards going cheap with AM2 and now Conroe out.

My descision is to get a 7300GT which will do me fine till DX10.

I will probably go AM2, considering that their is a new AMD chip out next year which is supposed to be good i guess; and getting an AM2 board now would prevent my from having to replace it in the future.

 

[Dutch Guy]

Either get a Conroe setup or a cheap(ish) Socket939 setup.

It all depends on the budget, if you can/want to spend enough to get a Conroe setup do that and if the budget is limited get a socket 939 setup with a X2 3800+

 

[locutus12]

use an Asrock sata 2 939 or Asrock 939-SLI32-eSATA2 motherboard.

both are good clockers, both have a future upgrade socket to take an expansion board (which you but when you wish the upgrade to AM2 for about £18) the expansion board has an AM2 CPU socket and DDR2 sockets on it so you can stay with a 939 setup and use your current ram for as long as you need to without worrying about having to replace the entire board at a later date

And dont go conroe otherwise youl die horribly in a collision with an ice cream van and a birds custard truck. it makes me laugh when people put "go conroe, even i am and im an AMD fanboy..." your not an AMD fanboy, your not even close.

 

[PeteLucky7]

And dont go conroe otherwise youl die horribly in a collision with an ice cream van and a birds custard truck.

Possibly a milk float too.