When to Buy my last 939 Upgrade?

[JMWarren]

I've heard alot of rumor about 939 price increases.

I've to a 3200+ now @ 2.6 and I'd like to upgrade to a 165 or 170 whenever the price bottoms out, but of course before it begins to climb.

Thanks!

 

[Drisler]

The 3200 at 2.6GHz is pretty fast in today's applications even compared to a Dual Core A64 at the same speed.

A more worthwile upgrade for you would be a Video Card and/or 2GB of Memory (If you're into games).

 

[JMWarren]

I'm gonna do 2gb of ram at the same time.

I do alot of RAW conversion. I'm not hitting the page file so RAM isn't going to make a heck of alot of difference, it's just easier to do it when you do the CPU so i've only gotta tweak the overclock once.

I don't game too much, I will upgrade sooner or later. I just don't wanna get nailed if the 939 Opty's dissappear or sky rocket in price.

EDIT: 1 Post! Welcome to AT!

 

[RussianSensation]

I dont think going from single core A64 2600mhz to dual core A64 2600+ for $325 is worth it. Get a newer 16mb cache hard drive for $60-70 after MIR. Save the rest towards a new system build.

 

[JMWarren]

Again, The software I'm using isn't limited by my hard drive (I've already got a 16mb drive). What I really need is more processing power. I'm VERY often batch process 1000+ raw files to JPG. My current bottleneck is my CPU. The software I'm using will take advantage of 2 core's so I should see a sizable performance gain or be able to use my PC on one core while batch processing with the other. I'm confident that I'll be able to get a 165 or 170 up to at leasts 2600, likely more.

Between the new CPU and RAM (GPU in Future) I should see a sizable performance improvment.

My only question is when to buy? Will prices drop when AM2 is out or will they climb?

 

[Drisler]

Well great. Most encoding apps support Dual Cores and Hyper threading. It may be worth it, in that case. But dont expect to see much of a difference in Windows operation and games.

The prices for S939 boards and processors will of course drop when AM2 comes around. AMD had a price drop just a few weeks ago. Don't bother with rumours.

 

[JMWarren]

I'm just worried AMD will increase prices to speed the move to AM2 or drop several product lines, like the optys.

 

[Hauk]

Don't forget the used market. Plenty of people will be selling their 939 duals at AM2 launch. I'm *hoping* the sweet spot will be an X2 4400+ for under $250.00...