Ok, so here's the question:

I know we have the AMD X2's available now and they are impressive CPU's.

My quesion is; would it be worth the wait for the M2's to come out?

Anyone have any idea how the M2's are going to change things?

I can hardly beleive the Opti's started out with 940 pins; then went to 939 followed by the AMD 64's all at 939 pins and now these CPUs are going to revert to the "M2" using 940 pins.

Anyone know what the extra pin is going to do on the M2?

Anyone have advice on waiting to put together a new system using an M2 using the existing 939 pin CPU's?

Argggggg...... change is good... but this is just nutz....

As far as I know the biggest thing that socket M2 will change is DDR2 support. Also, as far as I know, it will have 940 pins but you can't use M2 processors in current 940 boards, because the pin layout will be different. AMD plans to keep Socket 939 around for another two years to coexist with M2.

I have a 4400+, and it is a great processor. However, I plan to get M2 when it comes. M2 will probably only be PCI-e (there goes my 6800 AGP).

YoshiDark,

Thanks for the info.. so the real trick is memory speed support and that's all?

Hmmm..... this seems silly to me... but then again.. what the heck to I know???

Of course, they'll introduce faster processors on this socket, such as the FX-59 and the X2 5000+. Other than that, I do not know anything.

what is m2 and when is it due for release?

when are fx-59 and 5000+x2 due for release?

yeah, if it's gonna be out soon, i'll wait a bit, although, that means a 939 proc and mobo will be cheaper once again!

They say 2nd quarter - so at least 4-6 months.

Mike.

Well this is is the only motherboard that supports S939 and M2 sockets! and it also supports AGP and PCI-E >

http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/939DSATA2.htm

That motherboard has a s939 socket and takes DDR ram, but you will notice the big yellow expansion slot for a daughtercard. The future daughtercard will have an M2 socket on it and also two DDR2 ram slots. Since this motherboard also has AGP and PCI-E it will be possible to use all your old hardware and upgrade to the latest hardware when you need. And the price for this motherboard is incredibly cheap. The reviews are good and the ULI chipset has been rated to perform as well as nforce 4. It really is a genius board.

"The yellow style connector is what is known as the M2940 riser slot -a set of jumpers accompanies this and when the jumper blocks are set to the second position, the yellow slot becomes active. When Socket M2 processors become available from AMD, ASRock will release a riser board, with the Socket M2 and DDR-2 memory modules on the card. When inserted, the new M2 CPU will be the primary setup and the (older) onboard 939 setup will be disabled."