[plug] [OT] pc builting confusion

[Ryan Smith]

thanks craig. That cleared up a few things.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 07:29:55PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
| On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 18:12 +0800, Ryan Smith wrote:
| > Also what is the difference between socket 754 and socket 939 athlon 64?
| 
| Different processor support. Socket 754 is being phased out ; it's the
| older Athlon 64 socket. Socket 939 is the new socket for Opteron and
| Athlon 64. I think there are some differences in RAM support etc too,
| not sure.
| 
| If you're thinking in terms of upgrading, I'd advise you not to bother.
| It's rarely (not never, but rarely) worth upgrading the CPU in a system
| - you'll usually want to do the CPU, motherboard, and RAM at the same
| time. So really, who cares what the socket is from an upgrading PoV.
Ok, well the decision on the athlon 64 is solid. I am just not sure what
you are saying here. Should I go for the 745 or the 939.

| > What are peoples thought on this. Should we go for a cheaper 32bit cpu
| > or a 64bit one?
| 
| I'd say it's much of a muchness. That said, the Athlon 64 CPUs aren't
| actually all that much more expensive when you consider the total system
| price - and if your friend is thinking in the long term, they should be
| prepared to spend a little more now to get a system that'll last better.
| 
| That probably applies to things like fast RAM support, SATA, etc too.
Yep looking at stuff like that.

Has anyone had any problems with asus or gigabyte motherboards?

cheers
Ryan