AMD Processor Upgrade

Rockin Robbins · 01-21-08, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DrBeast

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Just looking to stretch the 939 for another year. The crazy thing is AMD switched from 939 to AM2 for no detectable performance gain. I'm clueless why they bothered.

For one reason, mainly: DDR2 RAM support.

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Would the x2 3600+ (all that NewEgg has right now and it's likely to get worse) be an improvement over my Athlon 64 3700+? If so, how much?

Yes. Dunno by how much, but don't forget one great asset of those mid-range X2s: they overclock like crazy!

That sounds great! My Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe was made to overclock, the go-fast OCZ memory overclocks great too and I haven't tried it at all. And if I nuke the whole shebang, that'll be the signal to upgrade to AM2.