Athlon 939 boards ... i have a question?

[Saladid]

Ok I was asking about CPUs and I got some answers. Now I guess I will move over to mobos now. Im looking at the online site I but from alot. The boards i am looking at are agian confusing me. I have been outa the PC loop for to long as I have said on other posts. I have found the 939 soket boards, which I here are what Im looking for... for gaming. Now there is alot of other info about the boards which im lost with. Agian its the sempron, opteron, duron.... well I dont see duron anymore so scratch that. Also everything is athlon 64(FX) whats this (FX) part I dont remember seeing that 2 years ago. So im wondering now do only certain 939 chips work with a Sempron and other chips only work with a Opteron mobo? Or all 64 939 chips work ASWELL as opteron/sempron... or am I now completely off track and talking nonsence?

[Chinookman]

Don't know about the others but try looking at the AMD web site, they will explain a lot about the different CPU's.

Some are for servers and work stations and desk tops and are they interchangeable probably yes and the average guy like me will never use the full potential.

Ask yourself what are you trying ot accomplish, student research, web mastering, gaming, all have differnt levels of CPU stress which some are better suited for. This way you don't spend more than you have to and save some cash for other stuff like memory, etc.

Sorry I could not be more explicit but I understand that 2 years out of the loop and the computer world took one giant leap...!lol...that's the way I felt before building my new machine after 18 months or so of out of the loop also.

C-man

[mobo57]

No they are not interchangeable. Each has it's own type of mobo. Chinook is on the right track. What mobo you choose depends on the CPU. Unless you are running a full scale server, Opterons are not for you. Semperons are the low end of the AMD line. Don't bother with them if you are into gaming. Go with a 939 mobo and at least a 3500 CPU and you will be fine. If you get a decent mobo you will be future proof for at least a couple of years. From there you have many choices. I personally like MSI and Asus mobos. Solid and dependable.
Conclusion:
939 Mobo
AMD 64 3500 or higher.
I have a AMD X2 3800 oc'd to 4800 speed and Asus Mobo. System kicks butter.

[Saladid]

Well its going to be gaming the mobo will be asus and this is what i find confusing this board here im looking at says BOTH.... (Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Athlon 64 X2/Sempron Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA). See it says it a 64 mobo but also a sempron skt 939. Thats where im lost is there a CPU chip thats 64 only and one thats Sempron only but both will work in this board????

[BadDriver]

Think of Sempron as the new Duron. It is the 64 bit budget chip so a 939 Sempron will work on the same board as the 939 A-64.

[Excreter]

Uh-oh mobo scard me. I just bought an x2 opteron 170 with hopes of o/c it on an asus sli board. From your post above I'm wondering if I made a good choice. I was going with the x2 3800, but have been hearing good things about the opterons. Please forgive me if I have jacked this as I had no intention of doing so. I'm hoping to help saladid as well. :t

[bubbalou32]

Think of Sempron as the new Duron. It is the 64 bit budget chip so a 939 Sempron will work on the same board as the 939 A-64.

Anybody selling a 939 Sempron? The only one I've heard of is pre-installed in an HP machine.

[mobo57]

Don't be... The Opteron 170's are great for overclocking and are excellent for entry level servers. My point is the X2 3800 are cheaper and overclock just as well. For around 300$ US you can get a CPU that most are getting 2.5 to 2.6 gig on stock air cooling. I have bumped my 3800 to 2.6 and it's running Boinc 24/7 at 39C. My only limitation is that my mobo is a Asus with a AGP, no SLI or PCIe. Have a X850XT card so it does good in gaming. Soon will get a decent SLI mobo and maybe a 7800 series card. But will keep this CPU. When I get some time I intend to see how far I can push it.
If you bought a opty good for you!

[Bigjakkstaffa]

If your doing it on a budeget, the A64 XP3200+ (Venice core) is highly reccomended, it'll only set you back about £120 and will consistently hit 2.6Ghz upover on Stock air cooling

--Jakk:t

[Excreter]

Thanks mobo for the help. I'm sure you'll see me posting more due stepping over the other side of the fence. Hopefully not stepping in cow dung. From all the reading I've done, along with your post about oc the x2 3800, has inspired me to try something new. I sure appreciate this forum as I have learned so much.

[BadDriver]

Anybody selling a 939 Sempron? The only one I've heard of is pre-installed in an HP machine.

I haven't seen any for sale anywhere, but then again I haven't looked. I figure you will see 939 Sempron available after the M2 socket chips are released.

I don't know for sure but that is the rumor I have heard. I'd say right now you'd have to be somebody on the order of HP to buy one. HP always has some off the wall chip from AMD.