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Originally Posted by Cytotoxin  Is AMD still producing these in fits and starts? The last time I looked for a socket 939 upgrade, best I could find was a 3400+. Then a few weeks later I suddenly saw 4600+ and 4800+ being listed various places. I didn't jump on it at the time as my system was down and I didn't know if I'd need a new MOBO or not. Now I am looking to buy a CPU upgrade and the supply of 4800+ has completely dried up. They are being listed on Ebay at rediculous prices. Should I wait a bit and hope that AMD produces another lot or two? |
AMD has ceased production of socket 939 chips. The Athlon 64 single-cores on 754 and 939 are pretty spotty and you can occasionally see Athlon 64 X2s on 939. However, the socket 939 Opterons are widely available- Newegg has the full line of 939 Dual Core Opterons (165-170-175-180-185). There are even single-core Opteron 100 Venus chips available, although not the whole line any more.
If I was sitting with a 939 single-core A64, I'd probably spring for a dual-core Opteron, something like the 170 or 175 as they are around $100 and would be a good performance upgrade. If you have an X2 3800+ or similar, I wouldn't consider getting another 939 chip as the Opty 185 is $225 and not all that much faster than the X2 3800+. I'd be looking at getting a new motherboard, either Intel LGA775 for an E6850 or Q6600, or an AM2+ board for a 6000+/6400+ and later a Phenom 9000 quad-core.
22nd Oct 2007, 01:53 AM
