EDIT:new poll question added, only answer it, if you vote for AXP.
MAn all these new sockets, and processors are driving me crazy, as well as many others from what i see. I want to build a rig mainly for a multi tuner PVR box, but it will be in my entertainment center and thus will likely double as an HTPC and media center server. I am seriously considering the Antec overture case, but am still thinking. One reason ia m leaning towards A64 is the MSI K8N Neo Platinum board layout would fit perfectly in with this case.
Anyways. I currently have a ECS K7S5A with a 2100+, 512MB Crucial 2100 and a AIW Radeon 8500DV. This rig is used to browse the web, word processing and soem light gaming(mainly RTS's)nothing to demanding.
The new rig as I said will be a PVR/HTPC/media server again nothing too processor intensive. Well maybe some of it will be. I am still consdiering what parts to put where and woudl be fine using soem of the older parts in the new rig and the new parts in the old rig.
So the XP's are looking nice for thier cheaper price. I woudl likely get a mobile and either overclock it in my main rig or more likely underclock it(for low temps)in my PVR box. But as well all no there is only slim hope that socket A will see any more speed increases.
Socket 754 motherboards are pretty close in price to the Xp boards, and the processors are only like 85-125 or so more then the mobile XP's(at least the speeds I am looking at) so they are not that huge a price increase and they offer a performance bump over the non overclocked mobiles. Plus I really like that MSI board. But all that power will likely be wasted in the PVR box, since it won't be using much of the processor. And we all know this will only have a few more A64's made for it before it goes to the value chips. This may not be totally bad, since then I can continue to upgrade this machine with the value processors and the main rig with the mid range processors.
Socket 939 I am not really considering since I probablly don't even need the socket 754's power. Plus many say performance will be negligable(SP?) over the socket 754's, but who knows. It will likely start off expensive and by the time all the kinks are worked out, DDR2, PCI-E, and BTX will all be either taking hold or upon us, so that means another upgrade. I will definately be waiting till these come out, to see what they do to the prices of the other 2 sockets.
SO heres the cliffs notes for the lazy.
I could go 462 for the value, but lose upgradability
I could go 754 since its not that much more expensive and while may not be fully upgradable, it will still offer some sort of upgrade path over socket 462. But I also think this may be more power then i could currently use, maybe I am wrong though. Some have told me this would make more sense going in my main rig and the main rig parts into the PVR machine. But I doubt I will be able to fully utilize the A64's full potential even while gaming with the games I play.
And again, I mentioned socket 939, since a lot of people say to go with it for the performance jump and the upgradability of it. But I have heard others say the performance jump will be slight and with those new techs coming out, we may need to change boards/procs again within a year or 2.
So I am juggling between A64 on socket 754 and AXP on socket 462.
MAn all these new sockets, and processors are driving me crazy, as well as many others from what i see. I want to build a rig mainly for a multi tuner PVR box, but it will be in my entertainment center and thus will likely double as an HTPC and media center server. I am seriously considering the Antec overture case, but am still thinking. One reason ia m leaning towards A64 is the MSI K8N Neo Platinum board layout would fit perfectly in with this case.
Anyways. I currently have a ECS K7S5A with a 2100+, 512MB Crucial 2100 and a AIW Radeon 8500DV. This rig is used to browse the web, word processing and soem light gaming(mainly RTS's)nothing to demanding.
The new rig as I said will be a PVR/HTPC/media server again nothing too processor intensive. Well maybe some of it will be. I am still consdiering what parts to put where and woudl be fine using soem of the older parts in the new rig and the new parts in the old rig.
So the XP's are looking nice for thier cheaper price. I woudl likely get a mobile and either overclock it in my main rig or more likely underclock it(for low temps)in my PVR box. But as well all no there is only slim hope that socket A will see any more speed increases.
Socket 754 motherboards are pretty close in price to the Xp boards, and the processors are only like 85-125 or so more then the mobile XP's(at least the speeds I am looking at) so they are not that huge a price increase and they offer a performance bump over the non overclocked mobiles. Plus I really like that MSI board. But all that power will likely be wasted in the PVR box, since it won't be using much of the processor. And we all know this will only have a few more A64's made for it before it goes to the value chips. This may not be totally bad, since then I can continue to upgrade this machine with the value processors and the main rig with the mid range processors.
Socket 939 I am not really considering since I probablly don't even need the socket 754's power. Plus many say performance will be negligable(SP?) over the socket 754's, but who knows. It will likely start off expensive and by the time all the kinks are worked out, DDR2, PCI-E, and BTX will all be either taking hold or upon us, so that means another upgrade. I will definately be waiting till these come out, to see what they do to the prices of the other 2 sockets.
SO heres the cliffs notes for the lazy.
I could go 462 for the value, but lose upgradability
I could go 754 since its not that much more expensive and while may not be fully upgradable, it will still offer some sort of upgrade path over socket 462. But I also think this may be more power then i could currently use, maybe I am wrong though. Some have told me this would make more sense going in my main rig and the main rig parts into the PVR machine. But I doubt I will be able to fully utilize the A64's full potential even while gaming with the games I play.
And again, I mentioned socket 939, since a lot of people say to go with it for the performance jump and the upgradability of it. But I have heard others say the performance jump will be slight and with those new techs coming out, we may need to change boards/procs again within a year or 2.
So I am juggling between A64 on socket 754 and AXP on socket 462.
Facebook
Twitter