CCW
03-17-2004, 11:02 AM
Review Quote:
So is the 3000+ the budget chip to get? The question really depends on what is currently in your system. As well as the 3000+ performs, and as overclockable it can be, it is hampered by less-than-stellar motherboards, and Socket 939 looms like a dark cloud over its future. Within a month the dual channel unbuffered RAM supporting Socket 939 motherboards will start to surface. Round two chipsets are almost guaranteed to be better than the first generation. This doesn't mean that upgrading to a socket 754 CPU is a bad idea though. Support for all modern technologies, as well as upcoming 64-bit applications means that you can design a system around S754 and be able to keep it for a while.
Read It Here! (http://www.ocfaq.com/reviews/AMD/athlon64-3000/)
So is the 3000+ the budget chip to get? The question really depends on what is currently in your system. As well as the 3000+ performs, and as overclockable it can be, it is hampered by less-than-stellar motherboards, and Socket 939 looms like a dark cloud over its future. Within a month the dual channel unbuffered RAM supporting Socket 939 motherboards will start to surface. Round two chipsets are almost guaranteed to be better than the first generation. This doesn't mean that upgrading to a socket 754 CPU is a bad idea though. Support for all modern technologies, as well as upcoming 64-bit applications means that you can design a system around S754 and be able to keep it for a while.
Read It Here! (http://www.ocfaq.com/reviews/AMD/athlon64-3000/)