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they look the same socket wise..
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can i use a 939 X2 on a AM2 board?
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They're not. AM2 is 940 pins and in a different config.
so no, you can't.
so no, you can't.
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I cuncur.
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Because 939 is a retired socket. The current one is AM2+ and that will soon be replaced by AM3.
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AM2 replaced it in May of 2006
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Yeup no luck there, your best off buying someones used 939 board if your looking for a home to a 939 CPU.
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I think the best 939 board was the DFI Lanparty. I cant believe they are going to do AM3. Its impossible to have your computer up to date especially when the parts are expensive and there's always something new coming too.
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^ at the same time though, why can't AMD stick with a socket for a while? Seems like every time you turn around, there's a new socket out with the same number of pins... you mean to tell me AMD had to have that one extra pin to go from 939 to AM2? Seems to me, Intel was a bit more forward-thinking when it designed the LGA775 socket...
Intel has been using LGA775 since Prescott debuted in early 2004. Since late 2003, AMD has released Socket 754, 939, 940, AM2, AM2+ and technically, Socket F for the FX-7x processors.
Intel has been using LGA775 since Prescott debuted in early 2004. Since late 2003, AMD has released Socket 754, 939, 940, AM2, AM2+ and technically, Socket F for the FX-7x processors.
^ Sockets changing don't bother me. Much of the time, I end up using more than one motherboard during the life of a given CPU. If not, I do always change motherboards when upgrading to a new generation of CPU just due to feature set and such. Because of this, socket changes are largely irrelevant to me.
I can understand the socket change dislike from a viewpoint that was formulated more than a decade ago when we all changed CPUs frequently and motherboards cost more than the CPUs we put in them. For a long time now though, I haven't bought a motherboard that cost close to what the processor I put in it has. Ultimately, it just isn't a big deal these days like it used to be.
I can understand the socket change dislike from a viewpoint that was formulated more than a decade ago when we all changed CPUs frequently and motherboards cost more than the CPUs we put in them. For a long time now though, I haven't bought a motherboard that cost close to what the processor I put in it has. Ultimately, it just isn't a big deal these days like it used to be.
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Sockets are different because of different memory technology
939 = DDR
AM2(+) = DDR2
AM3 = DDR3
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AM2 AM2+ and AM3 are interchangeable I thought. You just dont get all the features..
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That is true
But AM2 CPUs won't work in an AM3 mobo since it doesn't have a DDR3 mem controller.
But AM2 CPUs won't work in an AM3 mobo since it doesn't have a DDR3 mem controller.
