buy socket 939

[bjlockie]

I have an AMD 64 3000+ socket 939 and I want to buy an AMD 64 3500+ (that is the fastest with the same 67W power consumption.
I only have a 350W power supply and I don't want to take a big risk of it not working.

My question is: what is the best time of year to buy an AMD 3500+ (ie. cheapest).

 

[cmdrdredd]

Whenever you can find it. Socket 939 is dead

 

[bjlockie]

Really, There are a lot of socket 939s for sale.

 

[Arkaign]

February 29th is teh best time of year

 

[John]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Whenever you can find it. Socket 939 is dead

That is simply your opinion.

You can still build a low/mid high end 939 systems, and there are a lot of people still running high end 939 rigs. 939 hardware is plentiful. Right now moving to C2D or AM2 just isn't justifiable for a lot of folks, myself included.

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Whenever you can find it. Socket 939 is dead

Itll die when you can pry my 939 rig from my cold dead fingers! :frown:

Long live 939!!

 

[Rottie]

go for it you will be happy with A64 3500+ I missed mine single core venice

 

[myocardia]

Well, you've already missed out on getting them at their cheapest point. You do realize that as they become less and less available, the prices will rise, not fall, don't you?

 

[DrMrLordX]

s939 isn't so much dead as it is mostly EOLed. myocardia is right; s939 chips aren't being pushed out to market anymore, so the remaining supply will slowly rise in price until they vanish completely.

If you really want a chip like that, your best bet is to buy used and do so ASAP. Even if you have to buy new, buy ASAP before prices continue to rise.

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Whenever you can find it. Socket 939 is dead

That is simply your opinion.

You can still build a low/mid high end 939 systems, and there are a lot of people still running high end 939 rigs. 939 hardware is plentiful. Right now moving to C2D or AM2 just isn't justifiable for a lot of folks, myself included.

Yet upgrade-wise it's a dead end.

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: bjlockie
I have an AMD 64 3000+ socket 939 and I want to buy an AMD 64 3500+ (that is the fastest with the same 67W power consumption.
I only have a 350W power supply and I don't want to take a big risk of it not working.

My question is: what is the best time of year to buy an AMD 3500+ (ie. cheapest).

I don't know why nobody mentioned this yet, but it would be pretty easy for you to oc your current proc to 3500+ speeds assuming that you have a half decent board. (244.5x9=2200.5)

 

[tallman45]

Originally posted by: avi85

Originally posted by: bjlockie
I have an AMD 64 3000+ socket 939 and I want to buy an AMD 64 3500+ (that is the fastest with the same 67W power consumption.
I only have a 350W power supply and I don't want to take a big risk of it not working.

My question is: what is the best time of year to buy an AMD 3500+ (ie. cheapest).

I don't know why nobody mentioned this yet, but it would be pretty easy for you to oc your current proc to 3500+ speeds assuming that you have a half decent board. (244.5x9=2200.5)

350W PSU !!

 

[blckgrffn]

Originally posted by: tallman45

Originally posted by: avi85

Originally posted by: bjlockie
I have an AMD 64 3000+ socket 939 and I want to buy an AMD 64 3500+ (that is the fastest with the same 67W power consumption.
I only have a 350W power supply and I don't want to take a big risk of it not working.

My question is: what is the best time of year to buy an AMD 3500+ (ie. cheapest).

I don't know why nobody mentioned this yet, but it would be pretty easy for you to oc your current proc to 3500+ speeds assuming that you have a half decent board. (244.5x9=2200.5)

350W PSU !!

Doesn't matter. If he doesn't have to raise the voltage and can oc it to 3500+ speeds, it will still take the same amount of power. Having a higher multiplier won't help there. Raising the HTT speed that much should be negligible, and the ram will basically be running at 200 mhz if he uses a divider. So, the oc'ing aspect is still an important one.

Now, if he uses C&Q to lower his power consumption at idle, then he certainly needs to upgrade.

If it were me, I would just go ahead and get an x2 or 4000+ to make the upgrade worthwhile. If you have to spend $40 on a power supply that could hold that (your 350W should anyway) it would still be money well spent.

Nat

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: bjlockie
I have an AMD 64 3000+ socket 939 and I want to buy an AMD 64 3500+ (that is the fastest with the same 67W power consumption.
I only have a 350W power supply and I don't want to take a big risk of it not working.

My question is: what is the best time of year to buy an AMD 3500+ (ie. cheapest).

If you buy a newer 3800+ X2, it won't consume much more power than the single core if you don't overclock it. Power consumption on the lower-end dual cores with stock voltage is minimal.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Roguestar

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: cmdrdredd
Whenever you can find it. Socket 939 is dead

That is simply your opinion.

You can still build a low/mid high end 939 systems, and there are a lot of people still running high end 939 rigs. 939 hardware is plentiful. Right now moving to C2D or AM2 just isn't justifiable for a lot of folks, myself included.

Yet upgrade-wise it's a dead end.

The upgrade path is mostly a checkbox feature. Even if the future upgrade cpu uses the same socket, it's likely that the current mobo will be either incompatible or have decreased performance/features relative to a mobo that's released in the future. In fact the only time I've ever not had to buy a new mobo with a cpu upgrade is going s939 single croe -> dual core, and that's only because I've built the rig initially when dual cores were already available and known to work on NF4 s939 boards.

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: tallman45

Originally posted by: avi85

Originally posted by: bjlockie
I have an AMD 64 3000+ socket 939 and I want to buy an AMD 64 3500+ (that is the fastest with the same 67W power consumption.
I only have a 350W power supply and I don't want to take a big risk of it not working.

My question is: what is the best time of year to buy an AMD 3500+ (ie. cheapest).

I don't know why nobody mentioned this yet, but it would be pretty easy for you to oc your current proc to 3500+ speeds assuming that you have a half decent board. (244.5x9=2200.5)

350W PSU !!

I have an x2-4200+, a 7600GT 2 HD's a burner, a DVD reader, a tv card and a whole assortment of fans, controllers and other crap and I still have more headroom with my 350w (I know this cause I have oc'd the proc and oc'd/overvolted the vid card both at the same time and it was still stable...)

 

[yanman]

my 939 upgrade:

venice 3000+ -> Opteron 170 (AUD300 or USD225).. probably sell my venice for 50 bux
7800GT -> 8800GTS.. hopefully sell my 78 for 200 bux

it was nice being able to just swap the chips so quickly but it looks like i probably need to reinstall. after swapping them out i had to sort the acpi device. after that it seemed okay but Gothic3 still jerked and had developed the day/night whizzing past really fast issue. this was apparently fixed by installing the amd dual core optimizer.... after installing it my fps dropped to absolute sh*t and both cores rail at 100%. i've found various guides on how to install dual core support but none of them seem to be 100% proven.

 

[pwnedbypie]

cmon guys

my current setup is 939 and im just waitin to go SLI

939 is cheap and still good.........i got my 4200X2 for $189 at frys...... while i got my 3800 for $250 a couple months before........ think about that

 

[bjlockie]

How much extra heat will overclocking my 3000+ to 3500+ speeds generate?
I have an Asus A8N-SLI.
The CPU temp is already around 43.

 

[avi85]

Originally posted by: bjlockie
How much extra heat will overclocking my 3000+ to 3500+ speeds generate?
I have an Asus A8N-SLI.
The CPU temp is already around 43.

the only way to know exactly is to try it out...

 

[Brunnis]

Originally posted by: bjlockie
How much extra heat will overclocking my 3000+ to 3500+ speeds generate?

About 20%. Your CPU currently uses around 30W under load. If you're able to maintain stock voltage, it will rise to 36-38W after overclocking. It will, as said, not consume more than a "real" 3500+ unless you increase the voltage.

 

[DeadSurvivor]

I'm Running On An AMD64 3500+ And No Issues Yet For Me ... I Won't Be Upgrading Anytime Soon ... I'll Upgrade After A Few More Rounds Of CPUs Are Released And BluRay/HD-DVD Becomes For Affordable And Mainstream (Including Compatibility Of Media Between The Two).

 

[imported_Imp]

That's a pretty small jump in terms of an upgrade (3000+ to 5000+). You may as well get an X2 since the other option is just money in the trash. I have a 3200+ from last year, still pretty good, but personally, I'm gonna hold out for another year or two. If I upgrade anything, gotta overhaul PSU (350W), I don't like the case much, and other than the VS and SC, nothing's reusable.