is S939 dead?

[halion1]

The topic says it all. Is s939 dead?

 

[pkme2]

Not for a while IMO. I'll stick with it. They'll still making 939 mobos.

 

[John]

No, I'd give s939 another year or two before calling it dead. Socket A is on the virge of extinction though.

 

[halion1]

So, is it still worth it to build a 939 system?

 

[DaveSimmons]

I just bought 2 Biostar TForce 6100-939 mobos for new builds, a work server and the latest incarnation of my music jukebox.

Socket 939 is stable, reliable, mature, reasonably priced for non-gaming sytems.

> "So, is it still worth it to build a 939 system?"
That depends on what you're building. For even midrange gaming core 2 makes more sense. At the very low end socket 754 might be a better choice.

 

[potato28]

For budget? Yes, but the AM2 is pretty cheap too...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: John
No, I'd give s939 another year or two before calling it dead. Socket A is on the virge of extinction though.

No, socket 754 is on the virge of extinction. Socket A died out a long, long time ago (Circa 2003). But to answer your question, socket 939 has about 18 months of life left in the retail channel and owners of 3800+/FX55 or faster processors about 3 years left in the home desktop market

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: potato28
For budget? Yes, but the AM2 is pretty cheap too...

AM2 might be cheap, but a base Core 2 Duo is the same price and is much faster.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

AMD has stated that it will continue to fill orders through December. S939 is dead only if it doesn't do what you need. You need to ask yourself how often do you buy a new MB, CPU and, memory?

Right now, while all memory prices seem to be rising, DDR memory is still cheaper than DDR2 memory. I see no problems with using S939 for those who wait a year or longer for upgrading.

 

[halion1]

Here's the question. I need to build a quiet, semi powerful media system. Since AM2 has no watercooling options, is 939 acceptable? There's lots of watercooling available for 939.

 

[skyking]

as stated above, what are you trying to do? If you're not singlehandedly defending the country from multiple missle attacks while curing the common cold and calculating pi out to some rediculous place, an s939 proc will do most things quite well.

 

[halion1]

works for me.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I have a Zalman 7000B-Alcu on a s939 X2 3800+ and with the fanmate it's almost silent, so water cooling might be overkill unless you plan massive overclocks.

You can buya motherboard like the Biostar TForce 6100 with passive cooled chipset and use the onboard video, or add a fanless 7300 - 7600 card if you need more power.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: Googer
No, socket 754 is on the virge of extinction. Socket A died out a long, long time ago (Circa 2003). But to answer your question, socket 939 has about 18 months of life left in the retail channel and owners of 3800+/FX55 or faster processors about 3 years left in the home desktop market

Since I can still purchase brand new socket A cpus & mainboards I don't consider it extinct just yet. 😛