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Using 939 Chip for one more mobo

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marcplante

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Rig in my sig.

My rig does everything I need, general computing, some gaming (COD series, GTR2, BZFlag)

The CMOS on my board is flaking, and I periodically need to reset it to find my keyboard. Time for a board. It seems like I can get an Asus A8N SLi board for less than $100, that would leave me room for a second GPU and another gig of RAM if I needed a modest upgrade in the future. Plus when I DO upgrade in the future, I'd have the bits for a decent HTPC.

If there were some sort of a must have deal out there, it might be a time to upgrade, otherwise, I'm thinking just hang with what I have

...make me spend more 8^D

Marc
 
You've probably already done this but...replace your CMOS/mobo battery and see if that doesn't restore stability. Might be worth spending a couple of bucks to save rebuilding.
 
I doubt that it is battery related.

Buying a new 939 motherboard for about $100 is a waste of money.

A simple mATX mobo + E5200 + 2GB DDR2 Ram + your current components might cost a little more but would double your computing power.
 
Keep in mind that dual core 939 chips are still worth a ton. I saw a 3800 go for $145 on ebay recently, and your CPU's better than that. Odds are you can get enough from your 4400 to get a new mobo, (faster) CPU, and RAM.
 
AMD should never have dropped out of 939. People would still be buying them for older/budget systems.
 
Originally posted by: SonicIce
AMD should never have dropped out of 939. People would still be buying them for older/budget systems.
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I've thought the same thing many, many times over the years since then.

But I guess they decided they needed the 90nm fab space to produce AM2 chips instead.
 
Originally posted by: vj8usa
Keep in mind that dual core 939 chips are still worth a ton. I saw a 3800 go for $145 on ebay recently, and your CPU's better than that. Odds are you can get enough from your 4400 to get a new mobo, (faster) CPU, and RAM.
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Thanks for the tip. I just listed mine on eBay. If it sells I'll be upgrading!
 
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