Tony said:
Also, that chip you're looking at is a kind of obsolete model. It
uses the old Socket 754 which is being phased out by AMD. Unless you
already have a Socket 754 motherboard just sitting around gathering
dust than it makes absolutely no sense at all to buy a new one!
I'm not sure I agree.
I plan to buy a value system in a few days.
I'm torn between:
Asus K8N4-E (nForce4 4X) S754
Sempron 2800+ (Palermo, 90nm, 64-bit, SSE3, 1.6 GHz, 256KB L2)
79 EUR + 68 EUR = 147
vs
Asus A8N-E (nForce4 Ultra) S939
Athlon64 3000+ (Venice, 90nm, 64-bit, SSE3, 1.8 GHz, 512KB L2)
92 EUR + 139 EUR = 231
The first system is approx. only 15-20% slower than the second. But it's
84 EUR cheaper, which is important since my budget is ~450 EUR so I can
buy a better graphics card. (I have my sight on a GeForce 6600GT.)
Socket A is still around (!) so I hope S754 will be around for another
2-3 years. I imagine dual core is out of the question for S754?
Grumble