quick stupid question =)

[kojackson]

have an older mobo, asus A8N32-SLI board and was running an athlon X2 4400 until the post office decided to drop my package in shipping... long story short, processor is toast and I'm going to replace ig

Looking at this http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103272

Its a Athlon X2 6000 AM2

My motherboard supports X2 processors but it doesn't specify AM2 ... am I wrong here that the AM2's are actually 940 pin and not 939 pin?

can that X2 6000 fit in my Asus board? I think it can but just thought I'd throw it around here really quick to see what you guys think.

I'm just doing this to get my old system up and going again until I piece together my new intel gaming box.

 

[nerp]

Sorry, the 939 socket cannot support AM2 chips. They have a different pin count. AM2 chips also require DDR2 memory. Your options are either to find a used 939 chip in the market or buy a new mobo, ram and CPU.

If you decide to replace the entire platform, you then have to decide between Intel and AMD's offerings.

 

[kojackson]

if its getting replaced, its going to be intel this next time, Quad core...

 

[nerp]

Not a bad idea. Now is a good time to buy a socket 775 based system. The 45nm chips are great processors and DDR2 is so cheap you can outfit the system with 8GB of ram for not much money at all. I don't think waiting for i7 makes any sense because of the high prices.

 

[kojackson]

I'm going to stick with XP for a bit yet, so there won't even be a point for me to get 8GB of ram... I'll only buy 4 for now. Probably 2x 2GB so I'll have 2 open slots for more later.

 

[Denithor]

XBitLabs: Quad-core review

Great reading if you're considering getting a new CPU shortly. Compares fast dual-core to a range of low- to mid-priced quads across quite a spectrum of applications.

 

[kojackson]

interesting reading, thanks

 

[betasub]

Fortunately it's been quite a while since this last came up.

Skt AM2 != Skt 939