Kamikaze_Badger Posted May 29, 2005 Posted May 29, 2005 http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=247 For anybody who's been curious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvaderTrax Posted May 29, 2005 Posted May 29, 2005 Isn't this an old topic? I thought we covered that months ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoLoDreaM Posted May 29, 2005 Posted May 29, 2005 too much for me to read tonight, ill get around to reading the whole thing eventually. but thats a nice review, i glanced over it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted May 29, 2005 Posted May 29, 2005 wow 9 pages to say 940 - ecc registered ram 939 - regular ram i'm sure theres some other good info in there, but wow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted May 29, 2005 Posted May 29, 2005 wow 9 pages to say 940 - ecc registered ram 939 - regular ram i'm sure theres some other good info in there, but wow. 484091[/snapback] that's the most important part. BUT technically all 940 or 939 pins are not used. there are many redundant ground pins and key way pins (to aid morons in NOT installing them the wrong way). both chips have different numbers of these pins. keep in mind that there are actually 3 differences between the 940 chips and the 939 chips. 1 ECC ram 2 SMP Support (multiple HT channels) 3 1600mhz HT vs 2000mhz HT (Problem fixed on 90 nm opterons though) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasUberman20 Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 On the topic of 939 vs. 940, i was going to upgrade my mainboard and CPU this summer to a 3500+ Venice core w/ S939 mainboard, but one of my buddies said to wait it out until there are more 940 boards available that can support more S940 CPUs.. He said an Opteron should be my next upgrade... i currently sport a S754 Athlon 64 3400+ Clawhammer. Its already fast enough.. it keeps me satisfied... but eventually im going to want to upgrade to something better.. any recommedations? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 why would you go 940 in a desktop pc anymore? if you look at it, no one is making anymore single cpu 940 boards anymore... wonder why? it has something to do with registered ECC ram being required and the cost vs performance difference in single chip 940 vs 939. tell your friend he needs to stop reading articles from 18 months ago when the top performing athlon FX 51 was socket 940. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerm Posted May 31, 2005 Posted May 31, 2005 lol @ bigred! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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