Hello I'm new to your forums.
I have some questions about the Athlon 64.
1) Where does one apply thermal compound? I've seen pictures of this chip and it looks very different from the athlon xp I used to build my current system.
2) I'm looking to buy an Athlon 64 3500 socket 939 chip and mobo. Can socket 939 mobos use socket 940 heatsinks? I haven't seen a lot of heatsinks adversised for the socket 939 platform
3) How do I find out if the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 is capable of using a SATA HD and PATA drive in the same computer configuration? (I want to upgrade my boot HDD to a WD Raptor and use a 160GB Parallel ATA drive in the same system for storage if possible)
I have some questions about the Athlon 64.
1) Where does one apply thermal compound? I've seen pictures of this chip and it looks very different from the athlon xp I used to build my current system.
2) I'm looking to buy an Athlon 64 3500 socket 939 chip and mobo. Can socket 939 mobos use socket 940 heatsinks? I haven't seen a lot of heatsinks adversised for the socket 939 platform
3) How do I find out if the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce3 is capable of using a SATA HD and PATA drive in the same computer configuration? (I want to upgrade my boot HDD to a WD Raptor and use a 160GB Parallel ATA drive in the same system for storage if possible)