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I have an Msi K8T Neo fis2r Motherboard that has been rock solid since I
bought it. The max cpu is a skt 754 3400. I bought a Gigabyte K8NS ULTRA
board and an oem 3200 skt 949 for $329.00.
What i'm wondering is outside of dual channel memory support and some
upgradeability, what would i gain overall if i switch to the 949 3200
and Gigabyte setup. Currently i'm running a 3200 754 skt.
I don't want to give up a perfectly good board if i can buy the skt 754 3400
oem for $200 online and gain 200 mgz up from the 3200. If anybodys
gonna ask why not get an SLI ready board i already have an X800 pro
256meg ddr3 agp board i dont want to give up either. Does any one make
a board with both agp and pci-x slots in skt 939.
 
i dont understand ur post completeley, but imo difference will be small. Dual-Channel, less power consuming and heat generating CPU (newcastle vs winchester/venice). If i were u id stay with the 754, and save the cash so u can do a real upgrade a lil earlier, how about a AMD dual core under ur x-mas tree?
 
I guess I'll just go with the SKT 754 3400. I'll save the $129 difference for
a future upgrade when prices fall on the 949 cpus and motherboards.

Thanks for the input.
 
I would not waste my money upgrading a s754 3200+ to either a 3400+ or a s939 3200+. There will be no noticeable difference for you whatsoever, but you'll be throwing away hundreds of dollars. The 200mhz gain you'd get from the 3400+ is nothing, and the dual channel bandwidth you'd gain from the s939 3200+ is also pretty much nothing.
 
Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
get a 3000+ and a s939 mobo. It'll leave you with a very viable upgrade path.
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OT: What a nice setup you have there Chode. Must be nice to have money. 🙁
 
If you're running a 3200+ now, then just wait a while. You'd be better off saving your money now, and maybe upgrading to dual-core in the future.
 
Originally posted by: JK949
I have an Msi K8T Neo fis2r Motherboard that has been rock solid since I
bought it. The max cpu is a skt 754 3400. I bought a Gigabyte K8NS ULTRA
board and an oem 3200 skt 949 for $329.00.
What i'm wondering is outside of dual channel memory support and some
upgradeability, what would i gain overall if i switch to the 949 3200
and Gigabyte setup. Currently i'm running a 3200 754 skt.
I don't want to give up a perfectly good board if i can buy the skt 754 3400
oem for $200 online and gain 200 mgz up from the 3200. If anybodys
gonna ask why not get an SLI ready board i already have an X800 pro
256meg ddr3 agp board i dont want to give up either. Does any one make
a board with both agp and pci-x slots in skt 939.
Click to expand...

You're american... and your english is somewhat... fscked up. Anyways, Skt754 3400+ would give you better performance than the Skt939 3200+ in 97% of apps. As Zebo pointed out in his guide, for A64, clock speed is king. Skt754 3400+ is 400Mhz faster than the 3200+. Enjoy.
 
Upgradability is about all you'd gain from the 939 rig. I'd personally cancel/return/sell the 939 rig you bought. Until you want to upgrade your videocard I'd hold off on 939. Since the only reason I'd buy a 939 setup right now was...

A: I won the lotto and wanted to buy an FX processor
B: Multithreaded games came out and I wanted dual core
C: I wanted to upgrade to a PCI-E graphics card.

Speed-wise, 754 is actually FASTER at stock then 939. Because AMD gives procs +200 rating for dual channel, which is simply absurd.

Oh and FYI, just give your board a bios update and it should support 3700+ just fine. (3700+ is the fastest desktop 754 proc available).

I own/run both 939 and 754 rigs. And I can honestly say that they feel identical in performance. The only place I notice a difference is in Memtest86.
 
Does anyone agree with buying the socket 754 3400.
As far as duel core in my future, not gonna happen.
I don't multi task enough to warrant the investment.
I either go with the 939 setup or updrade my current
754 3200 to a 3400. If there is no big gain to be had
outside of cpu upgrade ability going to the 939 then I'll stick
with what I have and buy the 3400.

Anybody know where the spell check button is.
 
There is no spell check... You should know how to spell all this stuff. Anyways, don't upgrade at all. Just keep your current setup. Save your money. You're going to have to upgrade in a couple of years anyways, because your system WILL get obsolete. Doesn't matter if you upgrade to a dual-core or any other new processor in the future, but you WILL need to upgrade. So just be happy with your current rig and save up for future parts.
 
Ive looked for a bios update and can't find any from MSI.
Where would you suggest looking for one. Ive never done
a update update. Do you need the bios version info to check this out.
If so I can reply with the info. Is there a program that would
identify the version and type ( Award, ect.. )
 
I agree withthose who say stick with the 754
what are your apps and os?
possibly 1gb of ram would do more than the "upgrade"
I think both cpu's have the same clock so it really is no upgrade at all except for the dual channel which helps in some apps and makes no difference in others
decide on 2x512 or 1gb stick which works best with a 754
another $200 upgrade would be a raptor- you would feel the results
you'll never see the difference just moving sideways with your processors
other things to spend money on:
high quality power supply
UPS with powerconditioning like a APC 1500 or better
you could get more performance defraging your hard drive than changing processors

wyrmrider

 
I had really bad luck with that Gigabyte K8NS ULTRA.. may just mine but it could not OC worth anything, would cold boot half the time above 240HTT.

Nothing wrong with 754. Thier great and will serve most people for years. I have one 3000 (10x) at 2650 with cheap chaintech and notice zero differnce to my winny at 2655 cept in heavy bandwitdh benchmarks like winrar and specview. Most benches are identical.
 
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