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939's - 3400+ Newcastle or 3200+ Winchester?

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boatillo

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I'm trying to decide on which cpu/mb combo to purchase and am stuck on this deal:


I suppose many know of the td deal that gives you a socket 939 3400+ newcastle and asus a8v mb for $299 - this 939 runs at 2.2ghz but only has a 800 fsb, and is never going to be sold as retail. Well, has anyone bought this cpu here that has tested it? I am mainly trying to compare it to a 3200+ winchester core that I was thinking about getting, so...

3400+ newcastle, 2.2ghz, 800fsb, 0.13m

vs

3200+ winchester, 2.0ghz, 1000fsb, 0.09m

I like the A8V asus board just fine, in fact I would probably buy either it or the 939 Soltek for the winchester. I don't plan on OCing right away, but I may as the combo starts to get older - in which case the 3400+ gives me a nice 200mhz over the other....but at the cost of 200fsb, does anyone know whether this makes an apparent difference running games? I have already bought a Zalman cnps7000-alcu LED hsf and have an antec superlanboy case so OCing shouldn't be a prob, I could get the win and bump it up 200 mhz right away...

Anyway here's the other stuff I have for system atm:
MSI geforce 5600fx vtdr128
2x512 Kingston hyperx ddr400
Zalman cnps7000-alcu led
antec 430 tru power psu
SB audigy 2 plat
and a cruddy IDE 2mb 40gig WD hdd

PS - does anyone here own the Soltek 939 board? It seems kinda neat
 
Good deal.

800HT is BS anyway. makes very little difference. I had a chart/link but can't find it since I reghosted my machine... but basically, from memory, there is no diff even between 600 and 1000 HT. Sometimes 600 even wins sometimes 1000 wins depending on benchmark.. all were within 1-2%.


How about case?
You might want to get this case with the true 380 already in there and with free shipping is a hella good deal.

http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=11-129-127&DEPA=0

or this one
http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-129-122&depa=0

 
I already have a Antec superlanboy 😀 I love that case so much...I don't care if the aluminum is thin, lol, better heat dissipation then!
 
http://www.tigerdirect.com/app...&Sku=MBM-A8VD-3400


Its actually $399 but with a $100 mail-in -- and the deal has been going on for a good long while now so its not new.

But I have heard all the problems earlier people who got this deal had are long gone, the Asus boards should all be revision 2,0 with the latest bios preflashed for you.

(the prob was that the 939 3400+ was never officially released so the asus and other boards didnt support it until flashing the bios prepost or something)
 
Shoot I don't do rebates...plus tiger direct YMMV,,,


May want to check out Mwave.com combos... You can get a real live 3200 full 1000mhz enabled and Epox NF3 mobo cheaper with no rebate.
 
I dont really like the layout and active heatsink of the epox 🙁 I'm going asus, soltek, or maybe possible a via MSI board. But ill go check that deal out now thanks
 
Hrmm it seems like a winchester, cept the power max is listed as 89w...and its a retail package, i dont need a hsf got my zalman otw already.

Think I may get this 3400+ deal, 2.2ghz, from what you say the HTT doesnt matter any, and the winchesters barely show any improvement over the newcastles (yet). Main improvement should be cost per cpu manufactered, but thats not happening right now 🙁
 
*cry* monarch had them for $179 like a day or so ago <kicks himself>


PS btw - anyone know for SURE that DFI has plans to make a s939 board using NF4 and AGP? or even NF3 and AGP...
 
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