What's The fastest AMD Socket 939 Dual Core Processor?

[SnoopZ]

I currently have an AMD 64 3200+ venice processor (socket 939) and 2gb of DDR400 RAM running in dual channel mode.

Seeing socket 939 processors are starting to become extinct and the fact i don't need to upgrade my system completely yet, i want to eventually buy the fastest AMD 64 X2 processor available.

Am i right in thinking that the current fastest X2 processor for a 939 socket motherboard is a AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 Dual-Core and do you think i should upgrade to this as soon as possible before it's to late?

My motherboard is a Asus A8N5X and i'm pretty sure it'll be able to take this processor with a bios upgrade?

Cheers.

FX60 iirc. I think there was a 4800 skt 939 also.

Jump ship man Intel prices have dropped loads the newer conroes 2140 and 2160 with low core speeds 1.6 1.8 are coming in under 70 quid with the 4400 running at 2 gig at 93 quid. You wont pick up a skt 939 cpu cheap as they are rare now and people want them

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

FX60 iirc. I think there was a 4800 skt 939 also

That sounds expensive.

I was thinking of a cheap upgrade and i can get the 4200+ for about £91.

you could buy the upgrade asrock board with a c2d for 130 or less if you go for the budget model (ensure compatability with your ram and gfx first)

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

FX60 iirc. I think there was a 4800 skt 939 also.

Jump ship man Intel prices have dropped loads the newer conroes 2140 and 2160 with low core speeds 1.6 1.8 are coming in under 70 quid with the 4400 running at 2 gig at 93 quid. You wont pick up a skt 939 cpu cheap as they are rare now and people want them

I can get a X2 4200 for around £91 and i can't really jump ship at that price. As that would mean a Motherboard RAM and CPU upgrade i really don't think i need that yet.

So i'm thinking of getting the best X2 i can and eventually get a good Directx 10 card when i have money. I can then get back into PC first person shooter games.

If i had money to throw away i'd be Intel conroe all the way though.

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you could buy the upgrade asrock board with a c2d for 130 or less if you go for the budget model (ensure compatability with your ram and gfx first)

Damn it, you always give me something to think about! I really don't want/need a new PC yet as this has good components in it and i don't current play games on it.

I can't jump ship for £91 with 2gigs of RAM and a good intel processor yet can i? If i can i need links.

no it wouldnt why would it? incidentally I bought a pentium D 915 this week for 35 quid married it up with an Abit ip95 mobo for 32 quid (this board takes ddr400) with onboard gfx. WHat graphics you got now? you could buy an asrock board like I said with agp and ddrI with a c2d for less ill link ya brb

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http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=26474 mobo 38 quid

2140 58 quid http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=27106.. 96 quid ok a few quid more

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

no it wouldnt why would it? incidentally I bought a pentium D 915 this week for 35 quid married it up with an Abit ip95 mobo for 32 quid (this board takes ddr400) with onboard gfx. WHat graphics you got now? you could buy an asrock board like I said with agp and ddrI with a c2d for less ill link ya brb

Oh i missed that bit about the RAM.

If i eventually jump ship for around £130 it'll be for an Intel conroe.

Thanks for your help mate.

see my links

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

no it wouldnt why would it? incidentally I bought a pentium D 915 this week for 35 quid married it up with an Abit ip95 mobo for 32 quid (this board takes ddr400) with onboard gfx. WHat graphics you got now? you could buy an asrock board like I said with agp and ddrI with a c2d for less ill link ya brb

---------- Post added at 19:08 ---------- Previous post was at 19:06 ----------

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=26474 mobo 38 quid

2140 58 quid http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=27106.. 96 quid ok a few quid more

Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 faster than a AMD 4200 X2? If it is i'll definately jump ship rather than swap my processor out when the time comes.

its newer better architecture. If you buy a better HSF it will clock to 2 gig I bet it will even clock a bit on the asrock.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

its newer better architecture. If you buy a better HSF it will clock to 2 gig I bet it will even clock a bit on the asrock.

Lets hope my lottery numbers come up tonight then.

from what I can see these cpus are taking the place on the market of the 925 and 935 Pentium D's Both these cpus run at 3 gig or above so if performance matches and I cant say it wont even though the c2d has a low bus speed.All c2ds ive seen really are amazing beasts

[DocDutch]

Zing since when you work for intel's Marketing :P

snoopy I would dump a bit of extra cash into the new puter and get a C2D system, you wont regret it I think... as it looks like the only chip you will be able to find is the 4200 and compared to the E6300 thats nothing.

just looked around on my fav websites but finding a skt939 x2 chip is even a pain in the rear end.

[swoop101]

I just got that Asrock board Zing and put it with a c2d 6320 and 2gig DDR2 667 and it goes like stink.

mobo £35 - this will take all your old stuff (HDD) as well as new
cpu £101
RAM £47
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£183 for a brill machine = swoop well chuffed

[keithwalton]

939 X2's are as good as extinct these days especially the good ones (4400+ and 4800+ were canned a long time ago)
This is all due to the amd's cunning shoot oneself in both feet plan.

The first stage was remove all good cpus (1meg cache per core) and make them opteron only, the second stage was a rapid kill off the 939 platform, and forcing people who just wanted a little more cpu power to shell out for new ram and the am2 platform.
However this has backfired as instead of going from 939-> AM2 the bulk of the crowd are going to S775 and the core 2 duo lineup as the c2d costs similar, peforms better, has imediate upgrades avaliable in the form of the core 2 quad and so far the next gen intel chips are working on current boards
(i975x is what penryn has been showcased with)

if you look at the latest financial results amd are in deep trouble, there price war with intel isnt working as they are still loosing market share and revenue at the same time, operating losses are hughe and they will go under by the end of the year unless they get a drastic turn around (intel and nvidia are ganging up on them tho)