Ancient socket 939 motherboards

[GeezerMan]

I finally talked my buddy into upgrading his PC with the socket 939 board. He is going to sell the old parts. I noticed a few auctions on the bay that closed at over 100.00, some even over 200.00. :shocked: Amazing. I can't imagine these boards are worth anything close to that. Yeah, some are high end gaming boards, high end for 2005 that is. So, what's the attraction? just nostalgia?

 

[Deanodarlo]

I noticed that too and was surprised, as I thought 939's were very popular and their would be loads going on the bay. However, not too many 939 boards and they're priced high. Plus the 939 x2's are just through the roof when it comes to prices. DDR is also expensive for 1GB stick and 2GB dual channel packs. All a supply and demand thing I guess.

Honestly, 939 is not worth it. If you need an AGP board for the upgrade, look out for a AGP 775 board with core2 support. Or a 754.

If you don't need an AGP board, forget about the older sockets. The newer one's are much cheaper in the long run.

 

[Tsavo]

I should unload my 4800 X2, mainboard and RAM then.

 

[GeezerMan]

Heck, my main rig is now a socket AM2+ board with Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz. I got board and CPU for 180.00 delivered. I'm not a gamer though.

For him, we are going AM2+ or AM3. He's not a gamer either.

 

[Kenmitch]

The only logical explanation would be for upgrades or repairs for somebody whom already has a socket 939 system.

On the other hand ASRock is getting ready to release a new board in November or December Official webpage but not complete yet

Maybe AMD has a surplus of s939 chips getting ready to hit the market?

 

[PM650]

Originally posted by: Tsavo
I should unload my 4800 X2, mainboard and RAM then.

:thumbsup:
By the looks of ebay sales, my a8n-sli premium has only halved in value after 4 years.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

I got over 300 bout a yr ago for my FX60

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
I got over 300 bout a yr ago for my FX60

Looks like they are going for 150.00 to 300.00 lately on ebay. That's Crazy

 

[wwswimming]

i have an MSI 6150 motherboard with an Opteron 175, that i'm sort of attached to.

wonder what that would bring. my Core2Duo is slightly faster, the Core2Quad is much faster ... but i still like the sound the Raptor in the old socket 939 system makes.

 

[tcsenter]

Because AMD's performance hasn't changed much. Socket 939 is at most 10% slower than equivalent AM2 parts.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Kenmitch
The only logical explanation would be for upgrades or repairs for somebody whom already has a socket 939 system.

On the other hand ASRock is getting ready to release a new board in November or December Official webpage but not complete yet

Maybe AMD has a surplus of s939 chips getting ready to hit the market?

That's amazing! A new 939 board. I think some people will be very happy when that releases. Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled.

Edit: I just remembered, I have a S939 3400+ (or is it 3800+) 2.4Ghz, non-dual-core chip, in a Foxconn Geforce 6150-based mobo. Works ok, but the mobo has severe DPC latency issues for unknown reasons. The mouse, and media playback, pauses every few seconds for a split-second. It makes watching streaming video slightly painful. I would love to upgrade that rig to a 785G mobo.

I also have a 3000+ single-core AMD64 chip lying around, along with a 939Dual-VSTA mobo that I picked up open-box from the egg. Never got around to building with them.

Hopefully that new board is going to be MATX.

 

[nerp]

Yeah this board would be sweet for my Opty 185 I got kicking around.

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Because AMD's performance hasn't changed much. Socket 939 is at most 10% slower than equivalent AM2 parts.

Perhaps compared to the AM2, but a Phenom II CPU in a AM2+ or AM3 board with hypertransport 3 , is quite a bit better than the 939

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Because AMD's performance hasn't changed much. Socket 939 is at most 10% slower than equivalent AM2 parts.

Perhaps compared to the AM2, but a Phenom II CPU in a AM2+ or AM3 board with hypertransport 3 , is quite a bit better than the 939

Notice the term "equivalent". Phenom has no equivalent in S939, and you'd have to go Phenom II because Phenom I based dual cores really aren't that much better clock per clock.

e.g. If you already have a Socket 939 X2 4800+ and some RAM, there is no point in replacing it all with a Socket AM2 X2 4800+ (which requires DDR2), because performance won't be different in most scenarios. Probably even X2 5000+ wouldn't justify the cost.

 

[Tsavo]

I'll trade my 939 4800+ X2 Toledo for a Ferrari 575M.

PM me for details.

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Because AMD's performance hasn't changed much. Socket 939 is at most 10% slower than equivalent AM2 parts.

Perhaps compared to the AM2, but a Phenom II CPU in a AM2+ or AM3 board with hypertransport 3 , is quite a bit better than the 939

Notice the term "equivalent". Phenom has no equivalent in S939, and you'd have to go Phenom II because Phenom I based dual cores really aren't that much better clock per clock.

e.g. If you already have a Socket 939 X2 4800+ and some RAM, there is no point in replacing it all with a Socket AM2 X2 4800+ (which requires DDR2), because performance won't be different in most scenarios. Probably even X2 5000+ wouldn't justify the cost.

Notice I said Phenom II, not Phenom. The rest I agree with.

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: PM650

Originally posted by: Tsavo
I should unload my 4800 X2, mainboard and RAM then.

:thumbsup:
By the looks of ebay sales, my a8n-sli premium has only halved in value after 4 years.

Funny this topic comes up. I have a A8N-SLI board that finally died on me. Well, not actually died, but the Nforce chipset constantly overheats regardless of buying a new heatsink. Can't figure out the issue. Regardless I'm in the market to upgrade my brothers computer from the ancient 939 board.

I've stored up my DDR Ram for awhile now, guess I can make a quick buck

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
I got over 300 bout a yr ago for my FX60

Looks like they are going for 150.00 to 300.00 lately on ebay. That's Crazy

It was a great chip; it just hit a wall around 3.2Ghz

 

[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
I got over 300 bout a yr ago for my FX60

Looks like they are going for 150.00 to 300.00 lately on ebay. That's Crazy

It was a great chip; it just hit a wall around 3.2Ghz

Yeah, I had one for awhile. I also had a Opteron 165 clocked to 2.6 GHz, so I sold the FX-60

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: GeezerMan

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
I got over 300 bout a yr ago for my FX60

Looks like they are going for 150.00 to 300.00 lately on ebay. That's Crazy

It was a great chip; it just hit a wall around 3.2Ghz

Yeah, I had one for awhile. I also had a Opteron 165 clocked to 2.6 GHz, so I sold the FX-60

I did a Opteron 170 my first time, then it was the FX60, then I bought a really good stepping 170 and ended up selling off the platform...

 

[nemesismk2]

I've got an Opteron 180 (2.4Ghz), Asrock 939 Dual Sata2 (Socket 939) and HIS 3870 and i've not found a game I can't play at max settings yet. As a reserve computer it's performance is still very good considering I made it in 2005.

 

[HannibalX]

I have an Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe S939 motherboard with an Opteron 185 which does 3.0GHz all day long. I also have 4GB of DDR400 Cas2 memory in the board which runs at DDR600 all day long. I've been offered $400 for the complete setup, but I'd just rather keep it. I think I paid $300 for the Opteron in 2006, the motherboard was around $100 and the memory was around $150, also in 2006. I might upgrade next year in 2010 but there will have to be something special gaming wise to make me want to do it.

I agree with nemesismk2, this machine (with the right video card) plays any game I want it to at 1680x1050 on full or near full setting. I mostly play BF2 these days and I can easily max all the setting with 6X AA and get well over 100 fps. Upgrade? Why?

Honestly, I don't care of about synthetic benchmarks or any of that nonsense. With my WD Rator 10k HD the system is fast and when I have used faster, C2D and C2Q desktops I haven't noticed a speed difference in Windows related tasks. Games, sure, maybe I'll get 150 fps instead of 120 in CSS. Don't care.

 

[abs0lut3]

My last main machine before I succumb to the power of Core 2 Duo was a 939 X2 3800+ @2.4 all day everyday. So long that the day I tried to run the CPU back on its original state, it bluescreened on me and it's not when it is back on its OC state. I had it with a DFI RS482 mobo that I bought for HTPC but end up realized that I bought the wrong board for that purpose (awesome mATX board for OC though). I think I was held back by the extremely high cost of RAM at the time (2x1GB cost me 200 bucks) and VGA card (I end up with only 2600XT DDR4/256MB). That and a 40 bucks FSP PSU. That was one hella awesome machine. Alas, my ex coworker bought it for $250 right before I left the country. I wished AMD didn't leave that platform so soon...

 

[SonicIce]

I think AMD kicked more ass with 939 than it ever did in its entire history. All of the K8 cpu's were excellent.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: SonicIce
I think AMD kicked more ass with 939 than it ever did in its entire history. All of the K8 cpu's were excellent.

I think the Athlon XP Socket A was pretty good as well but AMD ran out of steam with the Athlon XP lol