I know, it's surprising isn't it? Who would've guessed... http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1554 They also say Athlon64 Venice core will be the first S939 CPU to perish. Makes sense - personally I would select a slower CPU with larger cache, every time :^)
I just got done reading this myself. Interesting and a bit surprising considering how well the 939 sells. I just purchased the 64 3200+ Venice core back in early December for my new rig and I am wondering if I should go ahead in the next year to upgrade to the FX 4000+ which is the max my motherboard can take. What do you think.
Hi Zeyf414, I think your 3200+ is just fine :^) It has all the modern performance one could require, at a reasonable price. Don't forget - the Priceerformance graph is sigmoidal! The price cost of tiny increases in MHz is disproportionately huge. Nobody buys an FX-60 unless it is tax-deductable, LoL ;^) I would recommend dual-core Opteron x2 for you, if you were to upgrade one day. Things will all be quite changed by Christmas time, anyway... Regards
Thanks for the encouragement. Its that I just bought all new parts for my first new rig in years and I need it to last and I think it will. My old one is a P3 1.2 Ghz Tualatin with an ASUS mobo TUSCL-2 with 512 of 133 RAM. Its as rock solid and stable as could be be.
