Should i choose any A64 939 cpu in particular ?

I was going with A64 3000+ skt939. Is there anything i should know? Like is the 3200+ worth the £20-£30 jump in price http://www.marcosmoreno.org/forums/smile/dunno.gif

Doubt it, I think they probably overclock very close to each other. A 3000+ will probably achive the same speeds as a 3500+ so im going to get the cheapest..

A64s dont clock too well. But if a 3000 clocks to a 3200, then a 3200 will clock to a 3400...yad yada.

Simply put, a 3000 will be plenty good enough for virtually anything you want to throw at it. Getting a better one means you can go longer before you next upgrade. All depends how much money you can afford. I do tend NOT to buy the best as you are paying a large premium and I doubt you' use it. Speaking in terms of value for money a A64 3000 through to 3500 appears very good value to me when compared with memory and graphics.

The new 90nm cores clock very well. A 3000+ should do 2.4Ghz on air.

Ok, 3000+ it is :) thanks for your help

I was under the impression the 90nm only came in the 3500+ variant, i could well be very very wrong... just make sure you're getting the winchester core which i think is the 90nm codename.

Winchesters come in 3000+, 3200+ and 3500+ at the mo. My Winchester is currently doing 2.6ghz (260FSBx100) at the mo, air cooled (although no messing about - ThermalRight XP120, Delta Foccused Flow 120mm, Artic Silver 5, Fan Contoller connected), and I'm pretty sure it still has headroom.

Stock FX-55 speeds with some headroom left? Can't complain, can you?

The new Winchesters are exactly what we have been waiting for - affordable, cool running, overclockable 64bit CPUs, that do not need registered RAM.

Buy one now, if not sooner.

They were at first, but then they brought out the 3200 and 3000

Actually I think the 3000 and 3200 Winchesters were available before the 3500. You're thinking of the Newcastle 3500.

The Winchesters are a great value. In terms of % overclocks they are the best A64s, although the 3700+ and FX-53s are very good, and the FX-55 is a monster (2900+MHz on stock air is common).

Motherboards are the problem.

I was talking about 939, When i first looked into getting a A64 shuttle i saw the SN95G5 but because the cheapest 939 processor out at the time was a 3500 i dropped the idea :(

But now that the price difference isnt as much and the 939 3000+ is available, im looking into the SN95G5 again