I've been having a discussion with some work colleagues as to my choice of processor. Originally I had an FX51 I was allowed to 'evaluate' for work. Then, unfortunately there was a company audit, so it had to go back & I was running a spare Opteron 246 before buying an Opteron 150 off fleabay.
I personally love my rig as it is. It's fast, stable & manages to handle anything I throw at it, but I'm beginning to wonder when the end of the road for Socket 940 is? I know it's primarily a server chip, but to my mind it makes a damned good PC chip too. So, come time to upgrade, do I go S939, or stick with it....IF Opterons have moved on by that time. (Also begs the question whether they'll be PCI-E compatible too).