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Thread ID: 50491 2004-10-22 06:02:00 AMD socket940 vs socket939 AZREAL (1795) Press F1
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283555 2004-10-22 06:02:00 Hi,
Just wondering, what's the difference between an AMD Athlon 64 FX53 with 939 pins and 940 pins?. Apparently, the 939 pinned version is more expensive. On the AMD website, they claim that the 939 pinned version is more efficient in data transfer.
"AMD believes in bringing to market customer-centric technology that benefits partners and end users. By offering the AMD Athlon 64 FX processor in a 939-pin package, AMD is enabling performance enhancements and next-generation platform innovations with the use of a cost-effective four-layer circuit board and higher performing unbuffered DDR memory (Compared to registered DDR memory in the 940-pin part)."
Does this mean, you pay more on the cpu to save on memory?
AZREAL (1795)
283556 2004-10-22 07:56:00 Socket 940 is the server socket with the opterons etc. With 940 you need registered ECC RAM which is more expensive and slightly slower. 939 will be what you're after. alphazulusixeightniner (185)
283557 2004-10-22 09:39:00 a pin ApeNz (4220)
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