Socket 939 or 940?

[sp74Supra]

Sorry about all the posts but, should i buy the socket 939 or 940 for the AMD athlon fx -53? Thanks

 

[LoudMusic]

http://www.tomshardware.com

 

[Event]

Socket 939. 👍 940 is for opterons.

 

[[]CiBoYs[]]

Yeah, AMD said that the 940-pin sockets will be for the server class CPUs. And I think they are going to change the socket of the FX-53 to a 939. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Event]

Wasn't the FX always 939? I'm pretty sure it was. the first version might have been 940, but now the opterons are 940.

EDIT: after checking newegg, it seems FX CPUs come in 939 and 940 flavors.

 

[[]CiBoYs[]]

Oh probably, because the site I went to Tigerdirect.ca showed that it was a 940 socket. You are proabaly right though

 

[Flerbizky]

The FX started out as 940. They come in both flavors... If you want what's right and a tad future proof, get the 939 as I did...

[edit:] Ohh. Forgot.. The 940 socket FX need registrered memory, the 939 doesn't....[/edit]

 

[sp74Supra]

Thanks guys!

 

[Pebb]

Go for the 939 socket motherboards they are the better bet and allow some of the AMD 64's below the FX-53 to run on it.