socket 754 and 939 question

Penguinlord · 04-05-2006, 09:20 PM

A simple question from a n00b...

I have a socket 754 motherboard and an Athlon 64 3200+, they both work fine. If I got a socket 939 board, would the processor still be compatible?

Hairy_Lee · 04-05-2006, 09:36 PM

nope

Altanore · 04-06-2006, 12:45 AM

No since the processor is designed for socket 754.. meaning 754 pins on the CPU... so it would not fit in a socket 939. You would have to get a socket 939 AMD Athlon64 3200+ or something better.

Charles_Lee · 04-06-2006, 02:44 AM

cpus like athlon64 3200+ is made in 2 different forms,
socket 754, OR socket 939,,, since yours is socket 754,
stick with your old motherboard

a123 · 04-06-2006, 07:15 AM

don't mean to jack the thread, but quick question...

is there a difference between the 754 and the 939 if they're both AMD64 3000+?

Filip · 04-06-2006, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a123

don't mean to jack the thread, but quick question...

is there a difference between the 754 and the 939 if they're both AMD64 3000+?

754 mobo's support Hyper transport up to 800MHz while the 939 skt. mobos support up to 1000MHz HT

EDIT: Performance wise? I dunno if there is any difference between the skt. 754 and skt. 939 CPU's

fade2green514 · 04-06-2006, 12:28 PM

i believe a 754 3400+ performs as good as a 939 3700+...
because the 939 socket has 1ghz hypertransport and the 754 socket has 800mhz, so a 754 3700+ is at 2.4ghz (800fsb) whereas the 939 3700+ is at 2.2ghz(1000fsb).
but since hypertransport normally doesnt effect performance as much 754 socket cpu's normally perform better for the price...
only thing is the 1. 754 doesn't support higher than the 3700+ and 2. 754 doesn't support dual core or dual channel ram (the 754 processors only have a single memory controller, and 939 have dual memory controllers)

[-0MEGA-] · 04-06-2006, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filip-matijevic

754 mobo's support Hyper transport up to 800MHz while the 939 skt. mobos support up to 1000MHz HT

Most 754 mobo's only have 2 DIMMS as well, and most of them only support AGP cards.

Filip · 04-06-2006, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [-0MEGA-]

Most 754 mobo's only have 2 DIMMS as well, and most of them only support AGP cards.

I didn't know that so I posted only what I know.

[-0MEGA-] · 04-06-2006, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filip-matijevic

I didn't know that so I posted only what I know.

i used to have a 754 board, and i did alot of looking to find a good one

04-05-2006, 09:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Penguinlord Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 39	socket 754 and 939 question A simple question from a n00b... I have a socket 754 motherboard and an Athlon 64 3200+, they both work fine. If I got a socket 939 board, would the processor still be compatible?

04-05-2006, 09:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hairy_Lee VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Plymouth, UK Age: 25 Posts: 2,553	nope __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 EVGA nForce 650i Ultra mainboard EVGA 7950 GT KO SC 512Mb w/ Zalman VF-900Cu 2Gb of OCZ GOLD XTC SPECIAL OPS Eition Notebook - Acer Aspire 9300 - Turion TL-60/ 2 Gb RAM/ Geforce Go 7600 128 Dedicated (400 Mb turbocache)

04-06-2006, 12:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
Altanore Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Age: 21 Posts: 255	No since the processor is designed for socket 754.. meaning 754 pins on the CPU... so it would not fit in a socket 939. You would have to get a socket 939 AMD Athlon64 3200+ or something better. __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939 Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 Overclocked Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2 Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

04-06-2006, 02:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
Charles_Lee Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 703	cpus like athlon64 3200+ is made in 2 different forms, socket 754, OR socket 939,,, since yours is socket 754, stick with your old motherboard __________________ Opteron 165 Dual Core Cpu 1.8Ghz (oc'ed to 2.4Ghz) Asus A8R-MVP Socket 939 Motherboard Radeon X850 XT Platinum / 256MB GDDR3 / PCI Express Video Card Antec Neo He 500 power supply Western Digital / Raptor / 74GB / 10K / 8MB / SATA-150 Hard Drive OCZ PC-3200 DDR400 Platinum Edition 2GB(2X1024MB) Dual Channel Memory Samsung 19' lcd monitor with DIV support

04-06-2006, 07:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
a123 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 271	don't mean to jack the thread, but quick question... is there a difference between the 754 and the 939 if they're both AMD64 3000+? __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ Toledo ANTEC SONATA MSI K8N NEO4-F SEAGATE 200GB SATA SAPPHIRE X800GT 128MB 1GB DDR LEADTEK TV2000 XP RM Play-Asia Import Games

04-06-2006, 12:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,371	i believe a 754 3400+ performs as good as a 939 3700+... because the 939 socket has 1ghz hypertransport and the 754 socket has 800mhz, so a 754 3700+ is at 2.4ghz (800fsb) whereas the 939 3700+ is at 2.2ghz(1000fsb). but since hypertransport normally doesnt effect performance as much 754 socket cpu's normally perform better for the price... only thing is the 1. 754 doesn't support higher than the 3700+ and 2. 754 doesn't support dual core or dual channel ram (the 754 processors only have a single memory controller, and 939 have dual memory controllers) __________________ Core 2 Duo e6300 (2.71ghz o/ced)(Q6600 soon!) Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler DFI Infinity 975X motherboard 7800gt 256mb + NV silencer (HD 4850 soon!) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-800 4-4-4-12 (2.1v) 2x80gb WD 8mb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 1x250gb Seagate 7200.9 storage drive Windows Vista x64

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