What will be your next CPU?

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: Weaselboy
M2 is actually a 940 pin CPU socket. Quad cores are going to be coming out on the socket F which will be the server socket. Probably wont be till 2008 before desktops get 4 cores but by then they should be closing in on a k9 design.

There is no K9, it was abandoned...
The quad cores are the K10 chips...

 

[Shenkoa]

I have been wanting to upgrade, but I cant afford much. Was thinking of a 3200+ Venice, how good of an overclock could I get on this mofo?

 

[biostud]

The DDR-II only lasts ~1 year before moving to DDR3 according to AMD roadmaps.

 

[Concillian]

I am going to try to make my current setup last a while. A64 2.5 GHz seems more than adequate for the forseeable future for me, so I'm going to try not to upgrade for a while. We'll see how successful I am. I may be upgrading video card or monitor, but I don't see a reason for CPU at this point unless x2 prices drop considerably or some killer app comes out that I use that needs dual core and/or significantly more CPU power than I currently have.

 

[HDTVMan]

Im on the fence and I am going to wait for the new lower end X2 chips and hope they get decent overclocks. So the jury is out until then.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Prolly none of the above, might wait for an M2 (that's a socket, too).

Same here. But actually I go to college in 2 years. So my next purchase will probably be a Pentium M lol

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Prolly none of the above, might wait for an M2 (that's a socket, too).

Same here. But actually I go to college in 2 years. So my next purchase will probably be a Pentium M lol

Waiting for Conroe/Merom

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: biostud
The DDR-II only lasts ~1 year before moving to DDR3 according to AMD roadmaps.

Hmm...if that's true, maybe it would just be better to build a 939 X2 system within the next few months, and be satisfied with that for two years or so? I suppose it doesn't matter too much, since I'd have to buy a new motherboard either way, but at least if I went with a 939 system, I could keep my gig of PC3200 and probably add a second gig pretty cheaply (with how prices are these days)...I haven't looked at DDR2 prices but I imagine 2GB wouldn't be nearly as cheap as DDR1...

 

[Mrvile]

I'd say X2 if I were to upgrade now, but I don't expect to upgrade for another two years, who'll know what's nice by then.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: biostud
The DDR-II only lasts ~1 year before moving to DDR3 according to AMD roadmaps.

Hmm...if that's true, maybe it would just be better to build a 939 X2 system within the next few months, and be satisfied with that for two years or so? I suppose it doesn't matter too much, since I'd have to buy a new motherboard either way, but at least if I went with a 939 system, I could keep my gig of PC3200 and probably add a second gig pretty cheaply (with how prices are these days)...I haven't looked at DDR2 prices but I imagine 2GB wouldn't be nearly as cheap as DDR1...

That's pretty much what I intend to do. With the relatively low increase of overall speed increasing memory bandwidth gives, then I don't think I will bother to wait for DDR-II. When the bandwidth really is needed for desktop systems, I would guess DDR3 has been introduced (which most likely would require a new motherboard). It might be different for servers, but that's not really my concern 😛