Amd Sockets Question

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ducky06 View Member Profile	Feb 6 2007, 02:56 AM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 4-February 07 Member No.: 109,983	I have an eVGA socket 939 motherboard and want to upgrade to a dual processor. There were limited choices at newegg, so I searched Frys.com. They list some AM2 socket processors under the socket 939 section. Are these two sockets interchangeable?

Silivar View Member Profile	Feb 6 2007, 03:38 AM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-October 06 Member No.: 90,539	Socket 939 and AM2 aren't interchangable. It was probably just a mistake that one was listed with the other. As far as getting one goes, it seems like 939 is being phased out. When I got my system a few months ago, there were as many 939 Athlon X2 processors as there were AM2. Now it's hard to find them. They're around, just in smaller quanities. You'll need a socket 939 one, though. You can't use AM2. Make sure you can use an Athlon X2 at all. Your motherboard may not support it.

Mr Alpha View Member Profile	Feb 6 2007, 06:22 AM Post #3
Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870	AM2 was launched last summer to replace 939. AMD hasn't been manufacturing 939 processor for quite a while. -------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO \| Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX \| Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS \| ASUS PhysX P1 \| Logitech G15 \| Logitech MX Revolution \| LG Flatron L2000C \| Logitech Z-5500 Digital Stubborn attempts to think clearly

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