AMD Athlon 64 Socket AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 Motherboard

[Gizmo]

OCInside shows off the Asrok 939SLI32 eSATA2 with a twist: this socket 939 board is designed with a CPU upgrade slot to allow it to handle different CPUs.

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[raphael2040]

Oooh.

Good stuff, good stuff

[cloasters]

Pretty humongous "daughter" card. Still a great idea, though.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by cloasters

Pretty humongous "daughter" card. Still a great idea, though.

Not terribly cost-effictive though, I don't think. I can't imagine the cost of the CPU upgrade board being much less than the cost of a new mobo. The 939SLI32 sells for $80 at NewEgg. Given that it is going to see a lot more production than the daughter card, I'd be greatly surprised if the daughter card costs less than about $50, assuming you can find some place to buy the card. And you have to buy new RAM.

[jnansley]

Its nasty, my precious, yes it is.

[Rondog]

Good idea for a cheap upgrade solution, but not very effective.

Memory bandwidth would be brually lower resulting in low performance which means, crappy bang for buck.

Just my $0.02.

[aghastpumpkin]

ECS did a similar thing by having a motherboard with a 939 slot and a 775 slot on a seperate daughter board.
It cost no more than a normal 939 and worked well, so it means those who own the board can upgrade to Conroe by simply buying a cpu and memory.
The board had memory slots and the relevant chipsets built in, and it actually worked very well and there wasn't any noticeable speed difference.

[cloasters]

Didn't the article say that the "daughter" card costs 29 Euros? Yes, ECS does come up with cool gear sometimes.

[Gizmo]

29 Euros is about $35, isn't it? If it really is that cheap, that wouldn't be a bad deal. I must've missed that part in the article.

[kellamne]

Wouldnt this also overcome XP activation issues on OEM licences - as its the exact same hardware essentially. So theres a saving I guess.