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Old December 3rd 04, 06:07 AM
iso
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Default 754 or 939

I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's also
support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any performance
difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that both
types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.


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Old December 3rd 04, 06:40 AM
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iso wrote:
I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's also
support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any performance
difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that both
types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.



When you say they are priced about the same, are you including the CPU
and memory requirements?
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Old December 3rd 04, 07:45 AM
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go for 939 but wait till after christmas to get a pci express board.



"Marshall" wrote in message
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iso wrote:
I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's also
support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any
performance
difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that both
types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.



When you say they are priced about the same, are you including the CPU and
memory requirements?



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Old December 3rd 04, 09:10 AM
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I believe the 939 has a faster memory interface over the 745.

"iso" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's also
support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any
performance
difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that both
types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.






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Old December 4th 04, 11:50 PM
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iso wrote:

I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's
also support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any
performance difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that
both types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.


The real difference is the dual memory channel of the 939. It only gives
maybe 3% speed improvement over the single channel 754.

As far as upgrades...well, the way I look at it is by the time I want a new
CPU, I'm gonna want a new mainboard too.

One thing to consider is that the 939 is is a 90nm chip and therefore runs
cooler. This might be considered if you plan to overclock.

I'm planning on getting a 754 setup after xmas.

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Old December 5th 04, 12:53 AM
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"crabbs" wrote in message
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iso wrote:

I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's
also support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any
performance difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that
both types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.



this might help
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.html?i=1947
not sure if I posted the link right, but it says that the fastest Socket-754
CPU will be the Athlon 64 3700+


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Old December 6th 04, 06:43 AM
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:07:57 -0500, "iso" wrote:

I'm looking to buy a brand new system with AMD Athlon 64 processor.

Should I get the 754 or 939 pin model? I see that the 939pin mobo's also
support the FX version of the Athlon 64 chip. But are there any performance
difference(s) between the two?

Is there any reason that I might want to go for the 754? I see that both
types are priced about the same.

Thanks for your replies.


If you plan on buying a lot more motherboards in the next two years,
the 939 cpu would be better. I'm not


 




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