AM2 motherboards

[APM98]

Do you guys know when AM2 motherboards will be widespread to the public. I really wanna build a comp asap because my current is crapping out. Or should I just go for 939? Thanks

 

[Geoff]

Do you guys know when AM2 motherboards will be widespread to the public. I really wanna build a comp asap because my current is crapping out. Or should I just go for 939? Thanks

Newegg has some AM2 motherboards.

 

[mrjack]

They sell 'em already, you can find some on Newegg, for example the MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI.

 

[helmie]

They sell 'em already, you can find some on Newegg, for example the MSI K9N SLI Platinum Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI.

nForce 5!?!?!??!!? Coooooooooooooool

 

[APM98]

Can u use DDR memory with that or do you have to use DDR2 only

 

[Lidberg]

Ddr2

 

[Dr Studly]

i thought they come on June 6?

 

[liquidshadow]

I think that's conroe

 

[Pck21]

So you can't use ddr on the am2 boards?

 

[Cbeck527]

is it possible to use the 939 cpus on that mobo. if so that is a possible upgrade for me.

 

[diduknowthat]

is it possible to use the 939 cpus on that mobo. if so that is a possible upgrade for me.

939 cpu on am2 motherboard? no you can't do that

 

[CmoAMD]

Tigerdirect.com had the most AM2 stuff I've seen so far, they have the FX, X2 and 64 CPU's and a few Mobos.

 

[Arm_Pit3]

Yes you can buy them now, They are in most major PC stores, and all over the online stores. AM2 requires DDR2 RAM not DDR, and you cannot use socketg 939 CPU's on the AM2. The AM2 is 940 pins.

 

[Geoff]

Tigerdirect.com had the most AM2 stuff I've seen so far, they have the FX, X2 and 64 CPU's and a few Mobos.

Monarch Computers also has the full (or close to it) line of AM2 CPU's, ranging from the Sempron's to the X2's. It is also the cheapest place to get them, even cheaper than Newegg

 

[LITHIUM]

so what can you use and not use on teh new AM2 Mobos?

 

[Geoff]

so what can you use and not use on teh new AM2 Mobos?

The only real difference is that the AM2 motherboards have 940 pins, vs the 939 which has 939 pins. And the AM2 motherboards use DDR2, vs the 939 that uses DDR.

 

[CmoAMD]

I thought it wasn't 940, its AM2. Just simular to the 940.

 

[Geoff]

I thought it wasn't 940, its AM2. Just simular to the 940.

I never said it was a 940, I said that AM2 has 940 pins.

 

[LITHIUM]

so the AM2 Mobos are 940 Socket?

 

[Geoff]

so the AM2 Mobos are 940 Socket?

It's easy to get that mixed up. AM2 is AMD's new socket, Socket 940 is what AMD servers use.