Noob Question: Socket 939 motherboard

[neo214]

Will a 393 motherboard support any 939 socket cpu or only up to so much (ex: 3400+/3600+)

http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/produ...3-135-177&ATT=Motherboards&CMP=OTC-pr1c3watch

^Board I am getting^ (probably)

 

[Him]

A socket 939 will only fit a socket 939 cpu. A socket 478 will only fit a socket 478 cpu, etc etc...

 

[neo214]

One more noob question, I am pretty sure you can't but can you run a socket 754 processor on a 939 motherboard (like the one above)

 

[DoomUK]

Nope. Like Him said a S939 board is only compatible with a S939 PGA CPU.

Off topic, but I once saw an pic somewhere on the web once of a S939 CPU socket with an extra hole drilled into it; thus making it a 'home-made' S940 lol Don't go trying something like that at home...

 

[Him]

Right. The number 754 is how many pins it has. That cpu has 754 pins, and a socket 939 has 939 holes for 939 pins.

 

[diabloII]

1.) you can't run 754 on 939; 754 is old news, it's already discontinued (or soon will be)
2.) ECS is unreliable (and don't plan on OCing with it), and even if you don't oc, ecs isn't a good brand of mobo anyways

 

[DJ-CHRIS]

Nope. Like Him said a S939 board is only compatible with a S939 PGA CPU.

Off topic, but I once saw an pic somewhere on the web once of a S939 CPU socket with an extra hole drilled into it; thus making it a 'home-made' S940 lol Don't go trying something like that at home...

Won't work besides the different pin, their all different pinouts

 

[neo214]

Hmm, so what problems could I see from am unreliable motherboard (I am on a tight budget.)

 

[Nubius]

well doesn't the word 'unreliable' kind of tell you? Pretty self explinatory.

Flake out, die on you earlier, not perform as well, things like that

 

[neo214]

Poor=suck