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Tempestv
09-10-2006, 03:50 AM
looking for a new motherboard for a friend and ran across this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157097

the strange thing is it has this listed under ports:


Other Slots: 1 x Future CPU Port
(Supports CPU upgrade from AMD Socket 939 CPU to Socket AM2 CPU through AM2CPU Board)

anyone ever heard of this? where do you put the DDR2 Ram?
lynx
09-10-2006, 08:49 AM
The AM2CPU (http://www.asrock.com/PRODUCT/AM2CPU%20Board.htm) plug-in board costs almost as much as a new motherboard.

The new CPU and DDR2 memory both go on the plug-in board.

I can't see the point myself.
Seedler
09-10-2006, 05:38 PM
Waste of money, unless price drops.
Virtualbody1234
09-10-2006, 05:40 PM
I'd stay far away from that board.
Formula1
09-10-2006, 05:41 PM
if you're looking for a budget board that'll let you OC, get a Biostar T-force..
Tempestv
09-10-2006, 06:43 PM
Whats wrong with the asrock board? whatever it is, it needs to be s939 and agp. pci-e would also be good so that he can upgrade his graphics with minimum trouble. any ideas?
Virtualbody1234
09-10-2006, 07:08 PM
Why agp?

For a good budget board Look at this: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showpost.php?p=1429249&postcount=3
Tempestv
09-10-2006, 07:22 PM
becuase the graphics card he has now is an agp card. he burned up his board and possably his cpu and wants to get the bare minimum to get it working again. we convinced him to move up to s939 from socket A, but he doesn't want to replace anything else at this time.
Virtualbody1234
09-10-2006, 07:26 PM
Ok but what agp card does he have?

The board I just mentioned has nVidia geforce 6150 graphics onboard which might be better than the card he has.
Tempestv
09-10-2006, 08:20 PM
9800 pro
I think it has a pretty healty overclock as well.
lynx
09-11-2006, 08:56 PM
I've just finished installing one of the boards VB mentioned.

At 1024x768, it plays HL2 at almost max settings (and those are the settings HL2 picked, no tweaking needed). Nice audio too.
zer0tech
09-16-2006, 04:13 PM
jajajaja come on, this should be very old
bigdawgfoxx
09-17-2006, 02:27 PM
I was thinking about that board for a while...just cuz it has AGP and PCI-E...but im sticking with my current config for now.