Using 939 Chip for one more mobo

[marcplante]

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

 

[CoachB]

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.

 

[marcplante]

Yep did that twice just to be sure I didn't have a bad replacement battery. Thanks for the sanity check, though

 

[JackMDS]

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.

 

[Denithor]

e5200 $73
Asus P5KPL $50
G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2-800 $46

That will run much faster, cooler and consume less power than your current S939 setup.

 

[Zolty]

Originally posted by: Denithor
e5200 $73
Asus P5KPL $50
G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2-800 $46

That will run much faster, cooler and consume less power than your current S939 setup.

What he said, I was in a similar dilemma about 6 months ago, I spent about $200 on a motherboard processor and memory and I couldn't be happier.

 

[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.

 

[SonicIce]

AMD should never have dropped out of 939. People would still be buying them for older/budget systems.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
AMD should never have dropped out of 939. People would still be buying them for older/budget systems.

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.

 

[Penth]

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.

Thanks for the tip. I just listed mine on eBay. If it sells I'll be upgrading!