i remember my socket 939. I had a few CPUs for it. The last being the opteron 180.
I had some nice dual channel DDR and a PCIe in that thing. I was able to overclock the 180 and completely skipped the AM2 socket. Eventually i had jumped on the core 2 bandwagon, but i held out for years. I still ran the opteron180 as my spare until the phenom2 launched.
I bought a triple PCIe AM3 Asrock board. At this time i had a PC shop/repair partnership. I had so many phenom2s in that board, from unlocked 720s to the phenom 2 965 and finally the 1090t. It was a great time because we sold systems left and right, i would just drop in a new CPU and sell the old one in another build. I also had many GPUs. Had every slot filled with 3x SLI. We had many 8800gt's laying around, but i think for some reason 3 sli didnt work for them but eventually i had 3 9800gt's. I was just messing around and didnt really find multiGPU a great experience. By the time i tried 9800gt sli, those were old news. I think the 280gtx was already out. but never since have i ran multiGPU.
Those were the days. It was a time that i had new toys all the time. So for me, the socket 939 was a slow period for me. The i went into my PC peak where i had went crazy and had so much HW. Swapping in and out, selling off stuff as fast as i could get it. The same time i had the AM3, i also had my socket 775. I actually went backwards with that system, started off with 45nm chips and ended up with a q6600 gem that i continue running for several years even after i moved on from the PC shop.
I still love the PC, its just i barely have time for them anymore. I had to start growing up. Wife, kids, and a career. I dont think i grew out of PCs, i just grew out of time for PCs. I still have a great love for all things PC.
Throughout the years, the x58 is an anomaly for sure. I am glad to be a part of this platform......but you know what? I kind of want to see skylake make a huge jump. We need to see performance jump up at least one more good time. Maybe skylake can do it.
I had some nice dual channel DDR and a PCIe in that thing. I was able to overclock the 180 and completely skipped the AM2 socket. Eventually i had jumped on the core 2 bandwagon, but i held out for years. I still ran the opteron180 as my spare until the phenom2 launched.
I bought a triple PCIe AM3 Asrock board. At this time i had a PC shop/repair partnership. I had so many phenom2s in that board, from unlocked 720s to the phenom 2 965 and finally the 1090t. It was a great time because we sold systems left and right, i would just drop in a new CPU and sell the old one in another build. I also had many GPUs. Had every slot filled with 3x SLI. We had many 8800gt's laying around, but i think for some reason 3 sli didnt work for them but eventually i had 3 9800gt's. I was just messing around and didnt really find multiGPU a great experience. By the time i tried 9800gt sli, those were old news. I think the 280gtx was already out. but never since have i ran multiGPU.
Those were the days. It was a time that i had new toys all the time. So for me, the socket 939 was a slow period for me. The i went into my PC peak where i had went crazy and had so much HW. Swapping in and out, selling off stuff as fast as i could get it. The same time i had the AM3, i also had my socket 775. I actually went backwards with that system, started off with 45nm chips and ended up with a q6600 gem that i continue running for several years even after i moved on from the PC shop.
I still love the PC, its just i barely have time for them anymore. I had to start growing up. Wife, kids, and a career. I dont think i grew out of PCs, i just grew out of time for PCs. I still have a great love for all things PC.
Throughout the years, the x58 is an anomaly for sure. I am glad to be a part of this platform......but you know what? I kind of want to see skylake make a huge jump. We need to see performance jump up at least one more good time. Maybe skylake can do it.