Will skt 939 still be around?

[diabloII]

in around 1.5 years when i upgrade my comp/get a new comp, will i still be able to use a skt 939 or will a new socket for amd come out?

 

[gaara]

I am almost positive that AMD will still have socket 939 CPUs in production until at least 2007, you can quote me on that one.

 

[senseless]

A new socket is already out (940), but 939 should still be around. 940 is for the FX processors though.

Edit: er, the 940 is for opertons.. I thought they had just come out with a new socket?

 

[gaara]

Partial true, socket 940 is another socket currently in use by AMD, however it's nothing new, and I think it may actually predate socket 939. It was originally used for server CPUs, such as the Opteron and early FX processors (FX-51 I believe, maybe FX-53).

It's strictly for Opteron use now, which is not a practical processor for the average consumer.

 

[Vampire_Slayer]

939 will be out for awhile, not sure how long but it will be alive and kicking for at LEAST the next 1.5 years that you have to wait.

 

[waynejkruse10]

look at socket A, it lasted for years. 939 will still be around for a while.

 

[diabloII]

look at socket A, it lasted for years. 939 will still be around for a while.

true, my last two comp (2003 and 2001) have been socket A's

 

[Nubius]

socket 940 came out basically when 754 and 939 did...they all came out around the time, hence a lot of confusion and questions on these forums as to which to get. 754 = dying or mobiles
939 = what you should get, normal desktop platform, 940 = server chips only. Requires ECC Registered RAM

 

[Apokalipse]

Socket 940 was around before socket 939, and is used for Opterons and early FX's

 

[YanBooth]

I think that 939 will be around for a while.