Hi, I have been contemplating a system upgrade of my AMD64 3700+ system. I know the socket 939 is really at the end of its life, but I hate throwing out the mb, cpu and memory to upgrade to the AM2 or core2 duo. The high end socket 939 chips have been disappearing. I ran across the Opteron 185, a socket 939 dual core 2.6 GHz chip at NewEgg for $330. That's a bit more than I want to spent, but the alternative seems to be $500+ for a completely new system. With the Opteron, I can keep my current setup (which has been working well, knock on wood), upgrade the cpu and then upgrade the memory later.
I have a Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 mb and 1 GB (2x512) Mushkin PC3200 ram, 2-3-2-6 timing, dual channel. Gigabyte says the Opteron 185 is compatible with a beta BIOS upgrade. Comments or suggestions? Reservations? Will I have a problem with the Opteron chip and unbuffered, non-ECC memory? Thanks, Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
