MSI socket 754 board $189

[hans007]

http://www.pcclub.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4854860


well looks like pc club is already selling socket 754 boards. i guess $189 is around what we can expect for a while.

 

[CyberZenn]

In my experience MSI always makes good, stable 1st gen boards w/ new technology. If you want to be an athlon64 early adopter this is a good place to start.

 

[HESDog]

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[arcas]

Question is...do you really want a socket754 system? It seems to me that AMD's x86-64 strategy is really going to lead to some confusion. We'll have socket940, socket939, socket754...

Or, as the guys over at overclockers.com say, you'll have the Opteron (socket 940), the Athlon64 FX (initially socket940 but later switching to socket939), Athlon64 (socket 754, single channel memory), Athlon64 That Isn't An Athlon64 (socket754, single channel memory, 256KB cache, x86-64 circuitry disabled, branded as "AthlonXP" though it's based on the Athlon64 core, not the AthlonXP core)...

Methinks it's going to get complicated

 

[bearxor]

And another thing.. COME ON VIA!!! Where's the freaking SATA in the southbridge already!!!

 

[hans007]

well yes, 754 is the only one without requiring registered dimms.


it also isnt much slower, ther ewas a review the other day of the ALI chipset on 754 and the numbers look good.

 

[dvinnen]

arcas, that artical si wronge. There will be a 64 bit processor on socket 754, though I'm not sure about how big of a cache it will/