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- Dec 14, 2010
Hey, I've been doing research off and on looking at doing a possible system upgrade once I get the extra funds to do so, and figured I'd ask around to see what everyone thought.
So, anyway I'd been looking at possible socket options and I've narrowed it down to either socket 939, AM2+, or AM3.
I'm not really interested in AM2 because from what I've heard they are incompatible with socket AM3 processors. Which is why I'm looking at AM2+, because if I get an AM3 processor and stick it in an AM2+ board I could take the processor out and put it in a future system if I decide I want to and/or can afford to upgrade to an AM3 board sometime down the road.
I started out by looking at 939 boards (specifically the A8N-SLI Premium and A8N32-SLI Deluxe up to now) thinking they'd be dirt cheap on ebay or some other site by now, but as it turned out they seem to be just as expensive as some modern high-end boards. Well, that and I figured I wanted to go with a 939 because it would be compatible with some of my current components if I chose to take some things from my current system and put them in/on the new one. So then I expanded my search into AM2+ and AM3 when I discovered that 939 wasn't the cheap solution I was expecting.
Any thoughts?
So, anyway I'd been looking at possible socket options and I've narrowed it down to either socket 939, AM2+, or AM3.
I'm not really interested in AM2 because from what I've heard they are incompatible with socket AM3 processors. Which is why I'm looking at AM2+, because if I get an AM3 processor and stick it in an AM2+ board I could take the processor out and put it in a future system if I decide I want to and/or can afford to upgrade to an AM3 board sometime down the road.
I started out by looking at 939 boards (specifically the A8N-SLI Premium and A8N32-SLI Deluxe up to now) thinking they'd be dirt cheap on ebay or some other site by now, but as it turned out they seem to be just as expensive as some modern high-end boards. Well, that and I figured I wanted to go with a 939 because it would be compatible with some of my current components if I chose to take some things from my current system and put them in/on the new one. So then I expanded my search into AM2+ and AM3 when I discovered that 939 wasn't the cheap solution I was expecting.
Any thoughts?