Newcastle vs. Venice and Socket 754 vs Socet 939

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Im looking at two athlon 64 3000+

the first one is an amd athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle 800mhz FSB 512 MB Cache Socket 754
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103486

the second is an amd athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1 Ghz FSB 512 MB L2 Cache Socket 939
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537

My second question is, is is socket 754 better or socket 939?

i heard the Venice processor is easier to OC, but i really wouldnt be Ocing, but ill probably do some.

 

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if the venice 1.8ghz isnt enough then shuold i go with the 2.0ghz from Venice for 40 bucks more

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

is socket 754 better or socket 939?

939 is your choice if you're going to upgrade the CPU to a (significantly) faster one in the future.

754 could be seen as the replacement for socket 462. It doesn't have dual channel memory support and there are no dual-core CPUs for it.

 

[Didou]

It would be a wiser to go with a Socket-939 system at this point. It will give you better upgrade options as Socket-754 boards will no longer recieve faster Athlon64s (3700+ is the fastest) just Semprons, they're not dual-core compatible & the ones that happen to have PCI-e slots are very hard to find.

 

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ok, i will go with the socket 939. now the choice is which proecssor? and and mobo?

 

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a lot of ppl said go with a mobo that has a nvidia chipset. is that true, is anvidia chipset better then other chipsets


cause i was loookign at this one*non nvidia chipsets*


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127181<--they use these mobos on alienware!

then someone recommended to get a nvidia chipset so i was looking at this one


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128286



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