Originally posted by: Yoojoo3119
Thanks guys, I'm pretty sure I've decided to go with athlon 64 now. As you can see, i'm a noob when it comes to computer stuff. and I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon after I build it. So yall think a S754 would be a better way to go since it's a bit faster? and I'm pretty sure I won't be upgrading for a while.
I'm slowly trying to find time to research my build when I have time, so any suggestions on the other pc components are welcome.
A 2800+ A64 sckt 754 is 1.8ghzghz and a 3000+ A64 sckt 939 is 1.8ghz...In most non memory intensive apps but cpu dependent they will be identical....However sckt 939 is dual channel and thus in memory intensive apps the dual channel can make up to 1-3% difference and thus would be faster but still not quite equal to a 3000+ sckt 754....
I would say get sckt 939 now (the cheapest 3000+ to 3200+)...wait while and get a dual core cpu come later with a simple cpu upgrade...
reasons sckt 939 vs sckt 754
1) dual channel memory controller
2) upgradeability shortly to dual core or more faster single cpu cores
3) venice core is arriving in weeks with added SSE3 that the sckt 754 does not have
4) sckt 939 (winchester chips) are 90nm process...they takes less vcore and thus run cooler