Pin 939

[Gun Down]

Ok so i went up to Frys the other day and i was looking for the price of a AMD Dule Core 6000+ and he gave me the price but when I looked on the Computer Screen it said AM2 whould that be the same thing as 939 or what?

And sorry if thats a stupid question

-GuN

[Spawn-Inc]

not sure as i have no expereince with amd but here is a quick googled picture, the am2 has 940 pins and the 939, well it has 939 pins.

look in the bottem left corner of the cpu's.
http://www.madboxpc.com/reviews/FX-62/imagenes/comparativapines.jpg

[Collinstheclown]

AM2 is a different socket that supports DDR2. As well as other stuff I'm sure.




-CollinstheClown

[Outlaw]

Found THIS (http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2762) and From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is part of the CPU socket series

The Socket AM2, renamed from Socket M2 (to prevent using the same name as Cyrix MII processors), is a CPU socket designed by AMD for desktop processors, including the performance, mainstream and value segments. It was released on May 23, 2006, as a replacement for Socket 939 & Socket 754. Although it has 940 pins, it is incompatible with Socket 940, as the older Socket 940 does not support dual channel DDR2 RAM. DDR2 can transfer more data per clock cycle while drawing less power than DDR memory, which the previous Socket 939 supported. AnandTech reported that Socket AM2 system performance was 0-7% faster than Socket 939 equivalents with most applications about 2% faster [1][2], despite having over 30% greater memory bandwidth due to DDR2 support. While future samples and the final product may prove to be faster, significant gains are not expected until later revisions take advantage of the surplus bandwidth.

The first processor cores to support socket AM2 are the single-core Orleans (Athlon 64) and Manila (Sempron), and the dual-core Windsor (Athlon 64 X2 and Athlon 64 FX). All processors on Socket AM2 were developed with 90 nm technology and include SSE3.

Socket AM2 is a part of AMD's next generation of CPU sockets, along with Socket F for servers and Socket S1 for mobile computing.

AMD has announced that Socket AM3 processors will be able to run on Socket AM2 motherboards, but not vice-versa (ie: a Socket AM2 chip cannot run on a Socket AM3 motherboard). This is because AM3 processors will have a new memory controller supporting both DDR2 and DDR3 RAM on them, allowing backwards compatibility with AM2 motherboards, but since AM2 processors lack the new memory controller, they will not work on AM3 motherboards.

[Crazy Buddhist]

No is the short answer - they are incompatible.

:)

[.Maleficus.]

As everyone else has said, no. 939 is an earlier socket type, and AM2 is AMD's current socket type. AM2 can do DDR2, and a few other things (I think..).

[The boy 4rm oz]

Still doesn't compete with Intel.

[khalie]

Still doesn't compete with Intel.

they can only compete only on price

[Gun Down]

Ok thanks for all your help

[ComputerGuru64x2]

AM2 is a newer addition of AMD sockets, similar to 939 but different. Socket 939 models, still have AGP and DDR slots but some have DDR2 and PCI-E x16. AM2 motherboards usually have a newer chipset, DDR2, PCI-Ex16, 1x, and alot more better features. As for putting in a 6000+, it is AM2, so you will need a board that supports AM2. Also socket 939 processors (most of them) are single core Athlon and Sempron models that can not utilize a DDR2 memory module so it is pointless to have DDR2 in a Socket 939.