Upgrading a S939

[catalysts17az]

DDRIII to come out soon, how soon "i THINK by the end of the year" hear is a link to an article about DDRIII:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6140

i just hope that when it does come out that it is not insanely priced. well i can only hope.

 

[Jschmuck2]

2GB made all of the difference in the world. I notice an overall upgrade to the "snappiness" of my system, even though I can't get as good an overclock with my new ram. I do quite a bit of gaming on this machine - as well as some light multi tasking. Totally worth the 150 I paid for the new sticks.

I'm going to pick up Supreme Commander this week - so we'll see where that takes us.

 

[catalysts17az]

glad you made the move!

 

[traderonline]

I have the same question. I have socket 939 with 1gb ddr1 ram and a single core cpu (a64 3500+). probably my next upgrade would be a motherboard upgrade cause i can go for ddr2 memory and am2/3 sockets.

 

[catalysts17az]

when it comes to this generation of hard ware (DDRII generation) your money will be better spent on a C2D system. Now by better spent i mean best bang for the dollar (with or without overclocking). However, there is a new AM2 chip based on the Brisbane core here is a link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?Item=N82E16819103036
so now if money is real tight, then AM2 might be a viable option but if you can afford another 70 bones then this is your chip:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115013
or spend a little more for the 6300 for the faster FSB. Isn't competition grand!