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Motherboard upgradability?
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Will AM2 support quad-core, oct-core and higher? I am looking for a motherboard that can handle dual core now and higher multi core cpu's in the future. Any suggestions? thanks, charles..... |
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:00:41 +0000, ***** charles wrote:
Hi all, Will AM2 support quad-core, oct-core and higher? I am looking for a motherboard that can handle dual core now and higher multi core cpu's in the future. Any suggestions? thanks, charles..... Intel Core2 motherboards will support the two and four core Core2s. AMD seems to change their pinout with every generation, the A64 is on it's 4th socket, so it's doubtful that AM2 will support their 4 core, if it does it would be a first for them. |
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"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:00:41 +0000, ***** charles wrote: Intel Core2 motherboards will support the two and four core Core2s. AMD seems to change their pinout with every generation, the A64 is on it's 4th socket, so it's doubtful that AM2 will support their 4 core, if it does it would be a first for them. Where do you get this??? AMD's whole marketing angle for 4x4 is that you can upgrade to oct!!!! |
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:47:00 -0500, Carlo Razzeto wrote:
"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:00:41 +0000, ***** charles wrote: Intel Core2 motherboards will support the two and four core Core2s. AMD seems to change their pinout with every generation, the A64 is on it's 4th socket, so it's doubtful that AM2 will support their 4 core, if it does it would be a first for them. Where do you get this??? AMD's whole marketing angle for 4x4 is that you can upgrade to oct!!!! 4x4 are Opterons not Athlon64s, they use socket 1207 not AM2. The 1207 is the second Opteron socket, the Opteron has had only two sockets so far, 940 and 1207. The Athlon64 has had four sockets, 940 (same as the Opteron), 754, 939 and now AM2 (which has 940 pins but it's a completely different pinout then the original 940). The 4x4 is a consumer rebranding of the the Opteron 2xx, it's two Opterons on the board each with two cores, for a total four cores. It's not a four core chip. The true four core chips are coming late this year. I would expect that the four core Opterons will stick with socket 1207 because the Opteron is aimed at servers and that market demands much more compatibility then the desktop market so if you were to get a 4x4 board you would probably be able to upgrade it to eight cores. However there is no guarantee that that the socket AM2 boards will be upgradeable to four cores. There is no technical reason why they couldn't use the same socket, it's just that AMD has had a history of changing the socket every time they update their desktop processor. |
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"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:47:00 -0500, Carlo Razzeto wrote: 4x4 are Opterons not Athlon64s, they use socket 1207 not AM2. The 1207 is the second Opteron socket, the Opteron has had only two sockets so far, 940 and 1207. Erm, the Opterons did get Socket 939 and thanks vey much Mr AMD for that!! The Athlon64 has had four sockets, 940 (same as the Opteron), 754, 939 and now AM2 (which has 940 pins but it's a completely different pinout then the original 940). The 4x4 is a consumer rebranding of the the Opteron 2xx, it's two Opterons on the board each with two cores, for a total four cores. It's not a four core chip. The true four core chips are coming late this year. I would expect that the four core Opterons will stick with socket 1207 because the Opteron is aimed at servers and that market demands much more compatibility then the desktop market so if you were to get a 4x4 board you would probably be able to upgrade it to eight cores. However there is no guarantee that that the socket AM2 boards will be upgradeable to four cores. There is no technical reason why they couldn't use the same socket, it's just that AMD has had a history of changing the socket every time they update their desktop processor. Chri$ |
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Erm, the Opterons did get Socket 939 The Socket939 Opterons (Opteron 1xx) are just rebadged A64s... Benjamin |
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"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:00:41 +0000, ***** charles wrote: Hi all, Will AM2 support quad-core, oct-core and higher? I am looking for a motherboard that can handle dual core now and higher multi core cpu's in the future. Any suggestions? thanks, charles..... Intel Core2 motherboards will support the two and four core Core2s. AMD seems to change their pinout with every generation, the A64 is on it's 4th socket, so it's doubtful that AM2 will support their 4 core, if it does it would be a first for them. This is completely wrong. Intel is the one that limits upgradeability...by the chipset on the mobo. AMD offers maxim upgradeability within each socket...Intel does not. I am a fan of neither platform in particular, but AMD is a far better choice if you are thinking of a faster processor in the future. Honu |
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"Benjamin Gawert" wrote in message
... * $: Erm, the Opterons did get Socket 939 The Socket939 Opterons (Opteron 1xx) are just rebadged A64s... Benjamin From this discussion, I am assuming that the best motherboard for "expandability" would be a single/dual socket F? They tend to be a little expensive but I guess you get what you pay for. later, charles.... |
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:32:35 +0000, ***** charles wrote:
From this discussion, I am assuming that the best motherboard for "expandability" would be a single/dual socket F? They tend to be a little expensive but I guess you get what you pay for. Socket F is the current Opteron/server socket. AM2 is the current desktop socket. AM2+ CPU's will be backward compatible to AM2. And AM3 and AM3+ sockets are also scheduled. I wouldn't buy any MB assuming it will be upgradable past the current CPU line that is available for it at the time. If you can afford the current top end CPU for the current socket, you can certainly afford to upgrade the MB along with it. And you can always sell your old MB/cpu combo on ebay, so the MB upgrade cost is minimal at most. IOW's don't worry about future CPU's for your MB. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35902 http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35211 -- Want the ultimate in free OTA SD/HDTV Recorder? http://mythtv.org http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html Usenet alt.video.ptv.mythtv My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php HD Tivo S3 compared http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/mythtivo.htm |
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"Wes Newell" wrote in message
news:m%XFh.20$7E1.5@trnddc03... On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:32:35 +0000, ***** charles wrote: Socket F is the current Opteron/server socket. AM2 is the current desktop snip And Atholon FX |
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