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Deciding on 754 versus 939...
Well, I just ran some numbers, and have two wish lists at NewEgg.
One for socket 754/Nforce3 250 GB, and the other for socket 939/Nforce4 Ultra ( pci express) Both upgrades include a full tower Lai Lin silver alum case, and both include a Radeon X800 Pro video card ( agp for 754, and pci express for 939). The 939/Nforce4 comes it right at 1200 bucks. The 754/Nforce3 comes in right at 1000 bucks. Based on the small price difference, I think the way to go now would be socket 939/Nforce4. My only hesitation would be the fact it is newer technology, and I wonder if there are any major bugs with it. One thing I like about this 939 mb, is it has 3 pci slots in addition to the 2 pci express x16 slots, and the 2 pci express X1 slots. So I can stil utilize my pci audigy2 zs soundcard. Of course, I could cut out the x800 pro on the socket 754, as it is agp and I could use my existing 9800 pro, which would really cut the cost down on the 754 setup, and add better video card later. Can't quite do that with the 939 as I would need the pci express video card. Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks, -- Don Burnette "When you decide something is impossible to do, try to stay out of the way of the man that's doing it." |
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"Don Burnette" wrote in message ... Well, I just ran some numbers, and have two wish lists at NewEgg. One for socket 754/Nforce3 250 GB, and the other for socket 939/Nforce4 Ultra ( pci express) Both upgrades include a full tower Lai Lin silver alum case, and both include a Radeon X800 Pro video card ( agp for 754, and pci express for 939). The 939/Nforce4 comes it right at 1200 bucks. The 754/Nforce3 comes in right at 1000 bucks. Based on the small price difference, I think the way to go now would be socket 939/Nforce4. My only hesitation would be the fact it is newer technology, and I wonder if there are any major bugs with it. One thing I like about this 939 mb, is it has 3 pci slots in addition to the 2 pci express x16 slots, and the 2 pci express X1 slots. So I can stil utilize my pci audigy2 zs soundcard. Of course, I could cut out the x800 pro on the socket 754, as it is agp and I could use my existing 9800 pro, which would really cut the cost down on the 754 setup, and add better video card later. Can't quite do that with the 939 as I would need the pci express video card. Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks, -- Don Burnette "When you decide something is impossible to do, try to stay out of the way of the man that's doing it." the 754 mobos have nasty problems with dual channel memory 16 bit and double sided. go for the 939 CPUs and Mobos regards malcolm |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:58:17 -0600, Don Burnette wrote:
Well, I just ran some numbers, and have two wish lists at NewEgg. One for socket 754/Nforce3 250 GB, and the other for socket 939/Nforce4 Ultra ( pci express) Search back though the group. This has been hashed out too many times to recall. google groups. Results 1 - 10 of 10,400 for 754 or 939 (0.14 seconds) -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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From what I been rading 939 isnt worth it only about 3-5% gain in speed and
thats not really noticable go with whats cheaper for now. But nforce 4 and pci express are the future so I personally would suggest a 939 casue of the upgradablity but if u dont care about pci express then 754 will do well with u Anthony |
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:40:22 -0600, anthony wrote:
From what I been rading 939 isnt worth it only about 3-5% gain in speed and thats not really noticable go with whats cheaper for now. But nforce 4 and pci express are the future so I personally would suggest a 939 casue of the upgradablity but if u dont care about pci express then 754 will do well with u Anthony The 939 supports more memory, that alone makes it woth the price difference. The MSI K8N Neo2 is a 939 Nforce 3-250 Ultra board that may be your best choice right now. The Nforce 4 is still very new so it may still have bugs that need to be worked out. The Nforce 3-250 has been around for a while so it should be solid. Also the review sites have all be showing that that the MSI K8N Neo2 is slightly faster than the curren crop of Nforce 4 boards. The difference isn't very great and I expect that with a future BIOS upgrade the performance difference will go away, but today the fastest motherboard you can buy is the MSI K8N Neo2. |
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Well, you are right, there is no such thing as "dual channel"
memory...however, and this is a BIG however...there IS such a thing at running memory in dual channel mode. Trust me, the performance gains I've see since going with dual channel are clear. Marketing BS??? What isn't? Skenz On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 06:22:12 -0600, Ed wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 05:50:13 GMT, "malcolm" wrote: "Don Burnette" wrote in message ... Well, I just ran some numbers, and have two wish lists at NewEgg. One for socket 754/Nforce3 250 GB, and the other for socket 939/Nforce4 Ultra ( pci express) Both upgrades include a full tower Lai Lin silver alum case, and both include a Radeon X800 Pro video card ( agp for 754, and pci express for 939). The 939/Nforce4 comes it right at 1200 bucks. The 754/Nforce3 comes in right at 1000 bucks. Based on the small price difference, I think the way to go now would be socket 939/Nforce4. My only hesitation would be the fact it is newer technology, and I wonder if there are any major bugs with it. One thing I like about this 939 mb, is it has 3 pci slots in addition to the 2 pci express x16 slots, and the 2 pci express X1 slots. So I can stil utilize my pci audigy2 zs soundcard. Of course, I could cut out the x800 pro on the socket 754, as it is agp and I could use my existing 9800 pro, which would really cut the cost down on the 754 setup, and add better video card later. Can't quite do that with the 939 as I would need the pci express video card. Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks, -- Don Burnette "When you decide something is impossible to do, try to stay out of the way of the man that's doing it." the 754 mobos have nasty problems with dual channel memory 16 bit and double sided. go for the 939 CPUs and Mobos regards malcolm no such thing as dual CH RAM, IT'S MARKETING BS! |
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Based on the small price difference, I think the way to go now would be
socket 939/Nforce4. My only hesitation would be the fact it is newer technology, and I wonder if there are any major bugs with it. One thing I like about this 939 mb, is it has 3 pci slots in addition to the 2 pci express x16 slots, and the 2 pci express X1 slots. So I can stil utilize my pci audigy2 zs soundcard. I just got the ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe with a AMD 64 3500+ and two sticks of Kingston HyperX 512MB for memory and haven't had any major problems yet. I'm still setting it up right and tranferring data now but everything seems fine. In my rush to purchase I neglected to read the fact that video is the PCI-Express variety only. No AGP on the board ( yeah that's right...duuuuhh ). Also the board has a 24 pin main connector instead of the standard 20 pin. That was two trips back to the computer center for two unexpected purchases ( yes, another duuuhh ) thank you. Just too excited about building for my own good. Windows XP 64 Bit Edition runs smoothly but is a little short of complete yet since it is a beta. I wanted to run Flight Sim 2004 on it but I couldn't install my Sidewider Force Feedback and the plain jane joy stick drivers don't seem to be operational. Flight Sim isn't fun using keystrokes so I'm playing with regular XP for now. One tip: If you buy this board and want to use Cool n Quiet don't install the AI Booster software. With Cool n Quiet enabled WinXP 32 bit will stop AI Booster from executing and give you a warning message about needing to disable Cool n Quiet first. This condition results in conflicts and will cause a blue screen a few seconds later. WinXP 64 bit stops AI Booster from continuing to execute and gives the same error message but takes the hit in stride. If you want to install AI Booster for the auto overclock ability make sure Cool n Quiet is disabled in the BIOS. DougH |
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"anthony" wrote in message news:bMSGd.18323$ph.13019@okepread01... From what I been rading 939 isnt worth it only about 3-5% gain in speed and thats not really noticable go with whats cheaper for now. But nforce 4 and pci express are the future so I personally would suggest a 939 casue of the upgradablity but if u dont care about pci express then 754 will do well with u It's not just about upgradeability to PCI Express, but also the fact that Socket 939 presents much better CPU upgrade options for the future. If I recall correctly, AMD has plans to discontinue 754, but 939 is here for a while. |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:28:21 -0600, Dracir Venostos wrote:
"anthony" wrote in message news:bMSGd.18323$ph.13019@okepread01... From what I been rading 939 isnt worth it only about 3-5% gain in speed and thats not really noticable go with whats cheaper for now. But nforce 4 and pci express are the future so I personally would suggest a 939 casue of the upgradablity but if u dont care about pci express then 754 will do well with u It's not just about upgradeability to PCI Express, but also the fact that Socket 939 presents much better CPU upgrade options for the future. If I recall correctly, AMD has plans to discontinue 754, but 939 is here for a while. 754 isn't going to die anytime soon. If fact, according to AMD's roadmap the last one scheduled is for Q106, the same as the 939. While you won't be able to get anything faster than a 3700+ on 754 at this time, it's a long way from dead. If you want dead, that would be Socket A, as there are no more socket A cpu's scheduled for release. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.htm |
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Wes Newell wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:28:21 -0600, Dracir Venostos wrote: "anthony" wrote in message news:bMSGd.18323$ph.13019@okepread01... From what I been rading 939 isnt worth it only about 3-5% gain in speed and thats not really noticable go with whats cheaper for now. But nforce 4 and pci express are the future so I personally would suggest a 939 casue of the upgradablity but if u dont care about pci express then 754 will do well with u It's not just about upgradeability to PCI Express, but also the fact that Socket 939 presents much better CPU upgrade options for the future. If I recall correctly, AMD has plans to discontinue 754, but 939 is here for a while. 754 isn't going to die anytime soon. If fact, according to AMD's roadmap the last one scheduled is for Q106, the same as the 939. While you won't be able to get anything faster than a 3700+ on 754 at this time, it's a long way from dead. If you want dead, that would be Socket A, as there are no more socket A cpu's scheduled for release. Well, I ended up compromising. I went with the socket 939, Nforce3 Ultra - MSI Neo2 Platinum. One of those last minute changes -- Don Burnette "When you decide something is impossible to do, try to stay out of the way of the man that's doing it." |
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