SOCKET 940

[chloe]

what is a good board
is thier any that can be overclocked
fx vs OPTERON what the diff.

[Messiah89]

Asus SK8V Socket 940 Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...131-481&depa=1

[tony_j15]

Opteron is a server chip, you don't want it. FX is AMD's elite chip, and will run you 700 bucks. Yeah, its OC'able.

IMO, save yourself some money and get an Athlon64 on Socket 754.

[chloe]

754 have 3 dimm
940 have 4 to 10 dimm slots

[poopeyhed2]

Originally posted by tony_j15
Opteron is a server chip, you don't want it. FX is AMD's elite chip, and will run you 700 bucks. Yeah, its OC'able.

IMO, save yourself some money and get an Athlon64 on Socket 754.

Opterons aren't necessairly for servers, it could be used as a workstation with the 1xx chips.

[beppodmime]

Originally posted by chloe
754 have 3 dimm
940 have 4 to 10 dimm slots

Well, how much memory do you really want to run? Do however, keep in mind that if you plan on buying a socket-940 based system, then you MUST use Registered memory. And in the cases of some boards, ECC may be required.

Also, just how much memory are you going to need to put into this beast you're designing? And the socket-940 boards out there with any more than 4 DIMM slots are probably for dual-processor workstation/server boards. That means opteron only. And the FX is virtually identical to the Opteron processors.

More info on the FX can be found here:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1884&p=1

Read that article.