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Old June 26th 06, 06:58 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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I saw this: -

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603

and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000
and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to
pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that
AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with
this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in
mind.

Bugger.


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Old June 26th 06, 07:25 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:58:04 +0000, SpamBox wrote:

I saw this: -

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603

and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000
and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able to
pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out that
AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that with
this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had in
mind.

Bugger.


The following processors are supposed to be available through 2007,

http://csip.amd.com/en/Platform/

AMD has a stable platform program where they guarantee the availability of
components for 15 months. I don't know if this means that the components
will be available in the retail channel or just to OEMs.
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Old June 26th 06, 09:10 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:58:04 +0000, SpamBox wrote:

I saw this: -

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603

and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64
3000
and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able
to
pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out
that
AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that
with
this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had
in
mind.

Bugger.


The following processors are supposed to be available through 2007,

http://csip.amd.com/en/Platform/

AMD has a stable platform program where they guarantee the availability of
components for 15 months. I don't know if this means that the components
will be available in the retail channel or just to OEMs.

From what I've read, it looks like many of the 939 lines will be phased out
from Dec 06. I have now calmed down a bit and realised that I still have a
few options. I have also found a site that overclocked a 3000 venice core
from 1.8GHz to somewhere around 2.7GHz - always an option if I want a bit
more oomph and am struggling to source a 939 CPU!


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Old June 26th 06, 09:31 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:10:49 +0000, SpamBox wrote:


"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:58:04 +0000, SpamBox wrote:

I saw this: -

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603

and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64
3000
and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able
to
pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out
that
AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know that
with
this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite what I had
in
mind.

Bugger.


The following processors are supposed to be available through 2007,

http://csip.amd.com/en/Platform/

AMD has a stable platform program where they guarantee the availability of
components for 15 months. I don't know if this means that the components
will be available in the retail channel or just to OEMs.


From what I've read, it looks like many of the 939 lines will be phased out
from Dec 06. I have now calmed down a bit and realised that I still have a
few options. I have also found a site that overclocked a 3000 venice core
from 1.8GHz to somewhere around 2.7GHz - always an option if I want a bit
more oomph and am struggling to source a 939 CPU!

The stable platform list only includes Athlon 64s. I suspect that the 939
Opteron 1xx will be around longer. Server manufacturers expect much longer
life cycles then 15 months, AMD would have to be crazy to discontinue an
Opteron that quickly. On the other hand do they consider an Opteron
1xx to be a real server chip or do they have it just to fill out their
price list?

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Old June 27th 06, 04:09 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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Ok... Where are prices tumbling? I have no frame of reference for the UK,
but across the pond here in the US S939 prices are rock solid. Have barely
even been nudged down at all.

Carlo


"SpamBox" wrote in message
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I saw this: -

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32603

and now I'm really miffed. I bought an Asrock 939Dual-Sata2, an Ath64 3000
and top spec RAM with the thought that in a year or two, I would be able
to pick up a better 939 as the prices would have dropped. Now it turns out
that AMD have stopped production of skt939 CPUs. What a bummer. I know
that with this mobo I have the AM2 upgrade path, but that wasn't quite
what I had in mind.

Bugger.



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Old June 29th 06, 05:37 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote:

Carlo Razzeto wrote:

Ok... Where are prices tumbling? I have no frame of reference for the UK,
but across the pond here in the US S939 prices are rock solid. Have barely
even been nudged down at all.


It doesn't happen at the retailer instantly for most consumer goods. The
price changes trickle down as items hit the shelves. The same for price
increases.

Except for gas prices - which only seem to go up instantly...


newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz

You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores.

yeah, progress

Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129


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Old June 30th 06, 01:20 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote:

newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz

You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores.

yeah, progress

Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129



Eh... Only really interested in dual core, what the heck are you going to do
with 2 S939 processors anyway?

Carlo


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Old June 30th 06, 12:36 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:20:50 GMT, "Carlo Razzeto"
wrote:

wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote:

newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz

You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores.

yeah, progress

Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129



Eh... Only really interested in dual core, what the heck are you going to do
with 2 S939 processors anyway?

Carlo


Just thinking about what a great deal dual cores are.

You could buy three faster single core cpu's for about the same
price.



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Old July 4th 06, 07:01 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:55:48 -0500, Don Taylor
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:20:50 GMT, "Carlo Razzeto"
wrote:
wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:02:13 -0400, Bill wrote:

newegg has the 3500 for $109 2.2Ghz
You can buy two of these for less than the slower dual cores.
yeah, progress
Fry's will sell you the 3500 + a motherboard for $129

Eh... Only really interested in dual core, what the heck are you going to do
with 2 S939 processors anyway?


Just thinking about what a great deal dual cores are.


You could buy three faster single core cpu's for about the same
price.


Are there fairly cheap dual or quad socket 939 boards so I could
plug two or three of these single core faster cpus into a board
for the same price? That's what I'm looking for at the moment.


You'd need the opteron for that I believe.

Apparently screwing the commercial customers on server motherboards
is more profitable than selling enthusiasts lots of cpu's.

Ditto raid5 stuff for whatever reason.

They seem terrified that anyone should have a cheap server.


 




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