Switching from Socket A to 754/939?

Ugley_Matt · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:03

My motherboard has died so i am thinking that it might be time to switch to an Athlon 64 set-up. I currently have

Athlon 1700 xp @2000
2x256 3200 DDR Ram
Hercules 9800 Pro gfx
500W Jeantech ATX Psu
GlobalWin Case
60Gb seagate barracuda

Am i correct in thinking that if i went down the socket754/939 motherboard route then i will have to replace pretty much everything bar the memory (probably look to go to 1GB) and the hard drive?
Hopefully i could sell my older bits and pieces to fund the upgrade, not sure how much thats all worth though.
Is there a real disavantage to going Sempron (754)?

Oo_Scotty_oO · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:14

All you would need to change is your mobo/cpu/heatsink combo for a 754/939 set up ,no need to change your HDD, memory ,PSU or graphics card (go for an AGP mobo & not PCI e) . Theres no real disadvantage in going sempron other than cache & (i think) . Try a price check thread in the MM to see how much you're stuffs worth

semi-pro waster · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:32

Oo_Scotty_oO is correct about what you need to change although moving to A64 does offer the chance to upgrade parts like going for 1gb Ram etc.

What sort of a budget do you have? You may be able to get a more decent system than you think for it.

vanandjuanunited · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:35

Board AsRock 939 Dual Sata £50 Pci-e and AGP - Upgrade gfx later
CPU A64 3200 £112

ACESHIGH · 21 Feb 2006 at 16:19

williamw11 said:
Board AsRock 939 Dual Sata £50 Pci-e and AGP - Upgrade gfx later
CPU A64 3200 £112

A very good idea.

This way you keep your AGP card, but can upgrade to a PCIE card when you have the cash.

Ugley_Matt · 21 Feb 2006 at 16:29

Been reading up on that Asrock board and it does look to be the ideal solution for my situation, allows me to use my gfx card as its still got a few miles in it yet and it seems like a good board in itsself

I suppose it might be wise to upadate the PSU as that might have caused the original board to blow?

iraiguana · 21 Feb 2006 at 18:26

you could always test the psu by running occt as it will give you a read out on the rails and any big movments in them would suggest to get rid of the psu, otherwise could be fine.