Socket 939 build

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I assume that 939 refers to the number of pins on the cpu. I was wondering
how difficult it is working with a cpu with this many pins and how fragile
these processors are.

I've assembled several machines in the past including an AMD KII, a couple
of socket 370 and a socket 478. The 939 has almost 2x the number of pins as
the 478. They must be extremely thin and easily bent.

TIA,

Wayne

 

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GuessWho wrote:
> I assume that 939 refers to the number of pins on the cpu. I was wondering
> how difficult it is working with a cpu with this many pins and how fragile
> these processors are.
>
> I've assembled several machines in the past including an AMD KII, a couple
> of socket 370 and a socket 478. The 939 has almost 2x the number of pins as
> the 478. They must be extremely thin and easily bent.

I just assembled one, and it was easy.

 

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"GuessWho" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>I assume that 939 refers to the number of pins on the cpu. I was wondering
>how difficult it is working with a cpu with this many pins and how fragile
>these processors are.
>
> I've assembled several machines in the past including an AMD KII, a couple
> of socket 370 and a socket 478. The 939 has almost 2x the number of pins
> as the 478. They must be extremely thin and easily bent.
They may be thinner than the 478 pin socket, but I didn't notice. As usual,
I had to move the CPU around a bit to get the pins in the socket - didn't
notice any bending of the pins.

Good luck with your new build.

PS. I'm hoping someone uses Antec's new P180 case and posts their
impression.
>
> TIA,
>
> Wayne
>