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"Dee" <dee@home.net> wrote in message
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> dnc_tn@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 2 Mar 2005 07:21:38 -0800, "theodat" <theodat@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>You would start with the 754 pin Athlon 64 2800 for the CPU... A cheap
>>>video card. Ati 9200 or Nvdidia 5200. MB for this can be found for
>>>under $100.. You just have to start shopping around and read up on each
>>>of your potential purchases and make a decision based on your needs
>>>and budget.
>>
>>
>> 939 pin or 754 pin, which one do you think in the end will become the
>> 'standard' end all be all like socket A did?
>>
>> just curious.
>> thanks again.
>>
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> For Athlon 64, single Core CPU, socket 939 will be the "standard" for a
> few years.
>
> The Sempron socket 754 will be the dominant CPU on that platform. Socket A
> is being phased out and 754 pin Athlon 64s are also being phased out.
>
> Dual-core Athlon 64 CPUs will migrate to a socket 12xx sometime in 2006.
> There are supposed to be dual-core socket 939 CPUs out later this year.
> The reason to move up to a 12xx pin socket in 2006 is to accommodate
> separate memory controllers for each CPU in the core. In the 939 pin
> configuration the HT will be shared between the 2 CPUs.
I thought Socket M2 - the 1207 pin one - was for DDR2, do you have a link
for dual memory controllers?
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Derek