I'll be upgrading here soon, just collecting my pennies right now. I currently have a Gigabyte 790GX board, and am wondering if I should wait for the AM3 PII's or get the 940 now.
There's a few reasons an AM3 would be better - the lower TDP, the faster HT bus, but I'll still be on DDR2 - if I go to DDR3 I'd end up just going i7.
Couple that with this rumor... (The THG link looks to have been pulled)
But alas, I was hoping for a black edition CPU, which looks like it won't happen until ~June unless I go with an X3 instead...
Opinions?
Also - anyone know if the memory controller on the AM3 CPUs will allow DDR2-1066 on 4 DIMMs? The AM2+ ones don't...
Edit: This will be an upgrade from an X2 3800+ (Windsor)
There's a few reasons an AM3 would be better - the lower TDP, the faster HT bus, but I'll still be on DDR2 - if I go to DDR3 I'd end up just going i7.
Couple that with this rumor... (The THG link looks to have been pulled)
But alas, I was hoping for a black edition CPU, which looks like it won't happen until ~June unless I go with an X3 instead...
Opinions?
Also - anyone know if the memory controller on the AM3 CPUs will allow DDR2-1066 on 4 DIMMs? The AM2+ ones don't...
Edit: This will be an upgrade from an X2 3800+ (Windsor)