socket 939 gone for good?

[Sumotku]

Do you think we'll ever see s939 2.4 ghz X2's in stock anywhere again? I scoured the net a bit and it sure looks dry...
Gone for good, do you think?

 

[Owls]

I think so. Personally, I tried to replace my FX-55 with a 939 FX-60 variant that was dual core but no luck. Well, I did find them but they were around $400.

 

[Markfw]

I don't know what you are talking about, there are 8 different ones just on newegg.com including X2 Opterons (185,175, etc...)

 

[Sumotku]

oops, see edit Mark, I neglected the desired clock speed of 2.4 Ghz, read X2 4800+ I do see a 180 Opteron at new egg, but that's the only option.

 

[Markfw]

Opteron 180 and 4800 X2 are the same in every respect (except price). The label is different, but no design difference, maybe just bin quality.

 

[MarcVenice]

Buy a x2 3800+ @ 2.0ghz and overclock it to 2.4ghz? It's easy peasy and gives you what you want, a dualcore AMD s939 cpu at 2.4ghz.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

4400+ and higher have double the l2 cache

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
4400+ and higher have double the l2 cache

Except 4600+

Dual cores on Skt 939,
3800+/4200+/4600+ have 512kB L2 per core.
Opterons, FX60 and 4400+/4800+ have 1MB L2 per core.

 

[MarcVenice]

And give what exactly ? 5% extra performance? Big deal ...

 

[Sumotku]

From a X2 3800+ to an Opteron 180, that should be a worthwhile upgrade, no?

 

[NXIL]

Dear Su,

a 2.0 Ghz socket 939 to 2.4 Ghx socket 939 (both dual core) upgrade is going to give different results, depending on the software.

Here is a link to Tom's Hardware CPU charts with the 2.0 and 2.4Ghz CPUs dialed in, assuming it links correctly:

http://www23.tomshardware.com/...0&model2=477&chart=171

There are a lot of benchmarks/programs you can check to compare the two; you can compare some game benchmarks, or office/graphics benchmarks.

PCmark2005 goes from about 4100 to 4900.

HTH

NXIL

 

[Phynaz]

Originally posted by: Sumotku
From a X2 3800+ to an Opteron 180, that should be a worthwhile upgrade, no?

Depends. How much is is max 20% perfromance upgrade worth to you?

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Why not pick up an Athlon X2 4200 for $70 shipped at Newegg and then overclock it to 2.4 Ghz or whatever speed you want (within the chip's limits)?

 

[MarcVenice]

Why not overclock the x2 3800+ to 2.6ghz? It will overclock to that fairly easy. Going from a x2 3800+ to a opteron 180 doesn't look worth it to me. If you need extra performance, go p35 with a e6750 and overclock it to 3.4ghz. That will give a significant performance increase, in fact, it will be twice as fast as the x2 3800+.

 

[LiquidImpulse]

FX series on the s939 are virtually non-existant in Canada now.

 

[Sumotku]

I tried to overclock this particular cpu and got terrible results after many trials. Mind you, it's a manchester, not toledo if I got that straight. It's also not in my possession so I can't afford to leave it in a less than perfectly stable state. The user will be doing some rendering so a possible 20% boost starts to sound viable. Sure wish I could find a new x2 4800+ (cheaper, as I recall).

 

[NaOH]

Aww that's too bad. I'd upgrade from my 3800x2 only if I was going to overclock it like mad. I have had my 3800x2 at 2.4ghz going strong for a year and a half.

 

[warpigeon]

Just got the x2 4200+ from newegg yesterday. It does 2.5 no problem (and I'm a very lazy oc'er).