Mercury said:
If you do not have the cpu yet:
A8N-E* with nvidia chipset or
A8V with via chipset
OTOH, if you have the CPU already or don't care about being able to upgrade,
or want a least cost 64bit solution now then I think you know the answer.
The 754 pin athlon's are obsolete and have no upgrade path.
* A8N-E would be my preference as it has the nvidia chipset & is about half
the price of the A8N-SLI.
I don't understand why people always go on about 'upgrading' and talk
about 'obsolete' socket 754. What will you be upgrading on your socket 939
mobo 1 or 2 years from now ? Will you be replacing 3500+ for a 4000+ ?
Do you really think it's worth the money and you'll be able to get your money's
worth in notacible performance gain? By then we'll have ata-2 and other
options your current mobo is not equiped with. The days of upgrading are
behind us. Just buy the features you need and forget about the future.
When the future is there, you'll be buying, at least, a mobo+processor.
And probably a lot more than just that. When people first bought 939 mobo's
to be 'upgradable' as aposed to 754, did they know PCI-Express was gonna
be introduced ? There's just no end to developements and the avarage
lifespan of a PC is getting shorter and shorter.
I am running a A8N-E Deluxe with a 3400+ and it runs pretty smooth. I bought
it like 6 months ago because the set was pretty cheap. Dual-channel memory
on 939 doesn't make a whole of differents and my 3400+ is just as fast as the
3500+ on 939. The only difference is that the 939 set cost almost twice as much.
But thats the cost you pay to be 'upgradable' to no extend. LOL.
Besides, if I really want, I can still upgrade my 754 to a 4000+.
But, what's the point .....
Nickeldome
