Another "what do I buy" question

[SkyWolf]

Back to 939 vs 734 issue. Is there a way to sum up the pros and cons in a few lines?
939 seems to have a faster HT frontside bus and generally more DIMM slots, PCI x 16 (is it really any faster than most AGP 8X cards?), Also an expensive SLI option. Do I care about Gigabit Lan? Is the 939 going to be around long enough to be able to upgrade to say DDR3 next year or do you think it'll change again? Anything else to consider?

754 is cheaper, but going away, slower HT Frontside bus...still alot of bang for the buck..especially if I'll have to replace the Board and CPU next year anyway. I have 2 Gigs of crap CL3 Memory.
Not asking for the Amazing Carnac here... just a best guess ifluff'n you don't mind.

TIA

Woof

[maddog]

939 going to dual core..... Will prob need MB bios change... But otherwise it should be compat...

[FOGOLD]

Thing that puts me off upgrade tight now is the sheer cost of going PCIX.

Newish 9800 Pro not ready to replace yet.

If I was looking for an intermediate upgrade right now, I would be thinking of a Barton 3200 at 400 Mhx.  V Cheap right now with a Nforce2. Will last you for a year or so when the new tech has settled down.

I have a 2000+ at 1700Mhz and am really tempted to sit on my wallet for nine months- a year.  Heck, it still runs everything pretty well ok.

[whels]

939 is the way to go, its upgrade path is wide open even for duel core AMDs. AGP will hang around for while but is going away, PCI-E is the future. SLI is an option now but dont think it will show
its potential for another year, but get a SLI capable board anyway. dont worry about what they call the onboard lan, its fast enough for anything u want to do.

unless u want Overclock, CL3 or CL2 wont make that much a difference to you.

your basic fast system would be AMD64 3500 or FX 53  both 939 socket, Nforce4 MB SLI capable. X800 or GF 6800 GT or ultra (both PCI-E), 600w PSU or   higher, SATA HDs( Raptor 10k rpms are nice n fast), atleast 1 gig (2x 512) PC3200 DDR quality ! ram.

Whels

Originally posted by SkyWolf
Back to 939 vs 734 issue. Is there a way to sum up the pros and cons in a few lines?
939 seems to have a faster HT frontside bus and generally more DIMM slots, PCI x 16 (is it really any faster than most AGP 8X cards?), Also an expensive SLI option. Do I care about Gigabit Lan? Is the 939 going to be around long enough to be able to upgrade to say DDR3 next year or do you think it'll change again? Anything else to consider?

754 is cheaper, but going away, slower HT Frontside bus...still alot of bang for the buck..especially if I'll have to replace the Board and CPU next year anyway. I have 2 Gigs of crap CL3 Memory.
Not asking for the Amazing Carnac here... just a best guess ifluff'n you don't mind.

TIA

Woof

[38ruk]

depends on your upgrade length .  I went with 754 3400+ and X800pro , but i average a new MB cpu combo every 6 to 8 months.  If your looking for a long term machine , i would go with a 939 with a pcie video card  FWIW   38

[acetnt367th]

Originally posted by FOGOLD
when the new tech has settled down.

 

It never does

[SkyWolf]

Yeah... I guess I need to just accept that and jump in when I gotta jump in. I was thinking this time I'd jump at decent 6 month old technology and not munch such a big one paying 4 hundred bucks for something In February that was going to be $185 in June.

Woof