am2 vs 939

knowlesy

knowlesy

knowlesy

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i have 500 to spend and i can if need b go to 600 but i was woundering i thee any need to go to am2 right now or should i just go for an am2 and be slightly up to date ive spcd y 939 system up and its 481 so any better benifits or not

and if so could you spec an am2 system up for me =D ????
 
If you can wait for the AMD price drop you might as well get a Conroe in my opinion. But if you go AMD, I would be inclined to say go AM2 as at least it has some hope of future upgrades.

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basically wait for conroe to be released whichever route you decide to take as it will be beneficial price wise
 
knowlesy said:
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I agree with the sentiments above. Now is a bad time to upgrade because the CPU market is going to change quite dramatically in roughly 3 weeks time. Nevertheless, here is a spec for you to consider:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-126-IN)
£152.69
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-151-AS)
£117.44
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£117.44
BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£117.44
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£55.17
Antec SLK3800BUK Black Quiet Midi Tower Case - 400W SmartPower PSU (CA-048-AN)
£53.23

Total inc VAT: £613.41
 
From what we've seen, AM2 only offers a ~5% increase in performance over Socket 939. In this wolf's opinion, you should wait until Conroe is released (or even a few weeks after when it drops in price, but it's already dirt-cheap) or just stick with Socket 939 as they'll be some huge price-cuts in that area soon as AMD are discontinuing it. Rumour is that the X2 3800+, for example, may drop to as low as £99.
 
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