whats is the future of 754

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: fakebun
well im not looking for cutting-edge things...i just wanna upgrade my 4 year old computer to something usable and at least somewhat 3 years of futureproof

If it's gonna take you 3 years to upgrade again, then forget about a "futureproof" motherboard. Just get a new CPU and motherboard combo in 3 years.

"The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated" - Samuel Clemins AKA Mark Twain

Has AMD stated an EOL for socket 754? Until you can purchase socket 939 CPU and motherboard combos from Fry's for $69, socket 754 is not dead yet.

I doubt they have an EOL for 754 seeing as how the Turion sits on it.


BTW...You can get 754 combos at Fry's on the cheap?

 

[Nyati13]

Originally posted by: Aenslead

Maybe so... but you could still put a Duron 600Mhz on an nForce 2 Ultra motherboard. You COULD just upgrade the motherboard. Now you need to make both upgrades.

True, but I never consider backwards compatiblity of a motherboard to be a strength. If I'm buying a new MB, I'm also buying a new CPU, so why would I care if obselete junk can still work in that MB?
The fowards compatibility of sktA was not continous or unbroken, it was 4 seperate 'sockets' during it's span.

 

[fakebun]

so if i plan on buying 3700+ san diego 939 retail, which mobo is good?

i dont plan on OC and SLI. I will use x800 pci-e and 2x512 DDR400 kingston value ram and 2 regular UATA hdds.

is ASUS A8N-E good?

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

Originally posted by: Zap
Until you can purchase socket 939 CPU and motherboard combos from Fry's for $69, socket 754 is not dead yet.

BTW...You can get 754 combos at Fry's on the cheap?

Yes. About $70-80 will get you a socket 754 Sempron 2600+ or 2800+ an an ECS 755-A2 motherboard.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Epox is making a skt754 SLI board, that'll give the platform some longer gaming legs.

 

[dnuggett]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
Epox is making a skt754 SLI board, that'll give the platform some longer gaming legs.

That'd be great once I get some time to work with the Turion.

 

[Zap]

Speaking of Epox, Newegg had a deal for $126 for a retail box A64 2800+ and an Epox 8KDAI Nforce3 board tossed in for free. That's the same combo I have in the system I'm typing this on that will POST at 2.7GHz and is stable at 2.5GHz easy.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Sempron 3400+ FTW! Check out my rig - still in the process of benching it, but it seems to be ~ >= A64 3800+ S939! :shocked: