Who is upgrading their 939 to AM2?

[darrensen]

Hi all,

The prices seem very good for the AM2 mobo's and CPU's.

In fact the price seems too good......which leads me to believe that there wont be that much of a performance difference between the 939 and the AM2?

Who's going to upgrade to the AM2........(poll)

[Tin Ribs]

Not me, happy with my opteron at the moment. Only likely switch would be to conroe if it is as good as early reports suggest.

[johnny02004976]

agreed my 146 is doing me nicely at the moment - i'll only contemplate going to M2 once its totally established and the prices arn't through the roof - the opteron is gonna take alot of beating for me to upgrade atm

[darrensen]

Not me, happy with my opteron at the moment. Only likely switch would be to conroe if it is as good as early reports suggest.

Yes i agree.....if the Conroe is as good as initial reports then i'm afraid i'll be switching to the dark side. ( Been AMD fan for long time )

[killkoy]

unless it cheap and looks like an improvement,which it doesnt at the moment im sticking with 939

[amjedm]

I was hoping some of the people would switch to AM2 and sell their 939 kit cheap but what you guys are saying it isn't going to happen

[darrensen]

Is there a head to head review between the 939 and AM2?

Would be interesting to see the results.

[ExceededGoku]

I'm not going to switch to AM2 at all, next processor is gunna be the K8L if its better than Conroe.

[FatalSaviour]

I'm seriously thinking about going to 2gig of RAM. I'm in a bit of a dilemma...as I need a budget PC for my father anyway. I'm thinking...do I buy 2 gig of decent DDR2 RAM now...then bung in a Pentium D 805 and 945 chipset MB now? or do I stick with good old fashioned DDR, get 2 gig of that, and do a complete upgrade 6 months from now?
What are people's thoughts?

[UKMuFFiN]

Anandtech -

• AMD AM2: More than just a Memory Change
• - AMD Socket-AM2 Performance Preview
• - First Look: AM2 DDR2 vs. 939 DDR Performance

Well i wasnt going to get AM2 coz the above article show theres not really that much improvement, but then i saw the prices on scan and the AM2 4400 is only £30 more than the X2, so im thinking i might as well (yeh i know ill have to get DDR2)

[UKMuFFiN]

Am i right in thinking AMD are gonna be bringing out 65nm versions of X2s in about 6 months?

[darrensen]

Am i right in thinking AMD are gonna be bringing out 65nm versions of X2s in about 6 months?

in 939?

[Merlin4458]

ur not wrong

[UKMuFFiN]

AMD's 65nm Athlon 64 X2 to debut December?

doesnt say sorry, will keep looking though

[Tobeman]

Why is "I'm going to wait for final Conroe vs. AM2 comparisons to be performed before making a choice" not an option?

[mcmiller]

lol im still on skt a gonna upgrad soon tho