March Build

[Martint]

Hey guys, I'm building my new PC in march (since money aint flowin' good now, we still gotta sell our old house). Anyways, I'm guessing by March AMD will release their new socket, so I can prolly afford a Socket 939/940 Socket build.

But I'm wondering, which one is better for my needs?

I'm a semi advid gamer (Counter Strike, America's Army, AOE 3)

I'm guessing the Socket 939 mobo is fine for me, since I think the 940 is for heavy duty machines.

I'm planning on spending $800 or even less.

[xxkbxx]

Hey guys, I'm building my new PC in march (since money aint flowin' good now, we still gotta sell our old house). Anyways, I'm guessing by March AMD will release their new socket, so I can prolly afford a Socket 939/940 Socket build.

But I'm wondering, which one is better for my needs?

I'm a semi advid gamer (Counter Strike, America's Army, AOE 3)

I'm guessing the Socket 939 mobo is fine for me, since I think the 940 is for heavy duty machines.

I'm planning on spending $800 or even less.

What types of chips support 940 anyway?

[sethook]

Interesting info.

[Aluvus]

Hey guys, I'm building my new PC in march (since money aint flowin' good now, we still gotta sell our old house). Anyways, I'm guessing by March AMD will release their new socket, so I can prolly afford a Socket 939/940 Socket build.

But I'm wondering, which one is better for my needs?

I'm a semi advid gamer (Counter Strike, America's Army, AOE 3)

I'm guessing the Socket 939 mobo is fine for me, since I think the 940 is for heavy duty machines.

I'm planning on spending $800 or even less.

What types of chips support 940 anyway?

Opterons and some older Athlon 64 FX chips. There is no sane reason for a gamer to buy Socket 940 any more, except getting a really spectacular deal.

The new Socket AM2 will also have 940 pins, but will not be compatible with anything currently on the market.