future of the CPU

[Stevie]

I'm mulling over which mobo to go for just now but not sure of the way
AMD cpus are going.

Do you reckon a socket 939 for Athlon 64 FX or just stick with socket
754? Can mobos build for DDR2 take DDR as well?

Air cooling or liquid cooling is no problem in the case I have.

Cheers,

Steve

 

[JS]

(e-mail address removed) (Stevie) wrote in

Can mobos build for DDR2 take DDR as well?

Some can, some can't. DDR and DDR2 are NOT automatically compatible. Check
each specific mobo's spec's to be sure what each specific mobo can accept.
If it can take both it should say so in the spec's. Don't assume a DDR2
mobo can also take DDR and vice versa.

 

[Tweek]

The DDR/DDR2 question is moot regarding the Athlon 64 since the memory
controller is built into the cpu. You would have to use the type of memory
that the cpu was designed for, in this case DDR only (for now). With the A64
the motherboard does not determine the type of memory, the cpu does. Socket
754 is a dead path to go as all new A64's are 939. There is an ASRock board
that supports both 754 and 939 though. In the case of a P4 motherboard you
would need both types of memory sockets as DDR and DDR2 don't fit in the
same sockets. DDR is 184 pin and DDR2 is 240 pin.

 

[Steve]

The DDR/DDR2 question is moot regarding the Athlon 64 since the memory
controller is built into the cpu. You would have to use the type of memory
that the cpu was designed for, in this case DDR only (for now). With the A64
the motherboard does not determine the type of memory, the cpu does. Socket
754 is a dead path to go as all new A64's are 939. There is an ASRock board
that supports both 754 and 939 though. In the case of a P4 motherboard you
would need both types of memory sockets as DDR and DDR2 don't fit in the
same sockets. DDR is 184 pin and DDR2 is 240 pin.

Thanks. Looks like a 939 mobo then.

Steve