THE AMD socket M2/AM2 based motherboards aren't likely to cost very much more than existing sockets. AMD advised its motherboard partners that the new motherboards will cost them only a little bit more. Socket vendors can make those sockets with small tooling changes to existing Socket 939 and should keep the cost to N almost equivalent level.

Socket AM2/M2 boards will use DDR 2 DIMM sockets only, so you can say goodbye to DDR 1 memory. DDR2 sockets have been around for more than two years now, thanks mainly to Intel of course and their cost is already equal to DDR1 sockets. No change here.
News source: The Inq





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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by ENiGmA on 01 Feb 2006 - 15:48
You get what you pay for. I have no problem with that.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by TRC on 01 Feb 2006 - 15:57
For a long time AMD stayed with the same socket and didn't force everyone into buying new motherboards for newer processors; I always respected them for that. Lately though they've gotten into Intel's line of thinking.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by gnuman on 01 Feb 2006 - 16:53
Well don't forget that AMD has to update the CPU to accept DDR2 memory as well. The memory controller is built into the CPU itself.

Now if AMD would just skip ahead and test DDR3 and for the opteron line go with XDR things would be great!
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by paulladle on 01 Feb 2006 - 16:39
They'll be using 939 and 754 for a while yet, I suspect you'll only want to upgrade if you're the sort of person that wants bleeding edge newness.
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by MrCobra on 01 Feb 2006 - 16:47
That would be me.
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by Gersson on 01 Feb 2006 - 16:50
Me too :-D

But I'll wait a minute
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by markyp23 on 01 Feb 2006 - 18:06
M2 has always struck me as a temporary socket. Just plugging a gap until the big new one. Forgotten its name now though. It's J or something isn't it?
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by Chanser on 01 Feb 2006 - 20:00
A Johnny? :p
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by strekship on 01 Feb 2006 - 19:17
Im still trying to decided what to do. I had planned to get a 939 setup, but now i don't know what to do. I guss ill stick to my 754 for now.
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by Chanser on 01 Feb 2006 - 20:02
Get the M2 setup or you will be waiting forever like me.
Quote this comment #5.2 Posted by Coolme on 01 Feb 2006 - 23:34
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't there a s939 motherboard from ASRock that supports a M2 socket addon?
Quote this comment #5.3 Posted by strekship on 02 Feb 2006 - 21:41
I don't think i would want one of those, for the same reason that i avoided the s754 and s939 combo board.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by NightSt@lk3r on 01 Feb 2006 - 19:30
Socket F is im not mistaken

EDIT this was ment to be as a reply to #4 but it put it here
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by seethru on 01 Feb 2006 - 21:19
this is good news, I was afraid it was gonna cost a lot more. I've been holding off on upgrading just for ddr2.
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by Fagutish on 01 Feb 2006 - 21:31
but wait...how will this affect the OCing capablility of Athlons AND DDR2 is still WAY more expensive (where i am) and still not that speedy to justify an upgrade over from DDR

Honestly, ddr2 isnt that great in my opinion, getting gigs of that stuff takes loads of money and its timings are horrible compared to DDR, though it sucks alot less voltage out so maybe for mobility its a big deal...
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by Croquant on 01 Feb 2006 - 22:00
Let's see if you still fel that whay if I slot some DDR2-1000 ram in your board. (Yes, such things exist).
Quote this comment #8.2 Posted by Jdawg683 on 01 Feb 2006 - 22:23
well you have to remember that there will be a fsb/HTT boost from 200MHz to 333MHz... so that will enable DDR2-667 support.. and you can find 667 ram w/ CS3 now.... so it'll be plenty faster than DDR.
Quote this comment #8.3 Posted by Coolme on 01 Feb 2006 - 23:36
Wait till the memory timings come down, then talk to me.
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by Clampet3000 on 01 Feb 2006 - 22:17
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/939DSATA2.htm

This motherboard already is ready for the new CPU.

Going for around $64
Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by Jdawg683 on 01 Feb 2006 - 22:28
im pretty sure youre confused... thats for current amd cpus... not the AM2.

and Asrock sucks.
Quote this comment #9.2 Posted by Chanser on 01 Feb 2006 - 23:18
No he isn't, that motherboard will apparently support M2 via a expansion card.

ASRock doesn't always suck, I know this motherboard is great for budget users, with support of AGP and PCI-E.
Quote this comment #9.3 Posted by MrCobra on 02 Feb 2006 - 01:03
The old saying, "You get what you pay for.", is the truest thing when it comes to pc parts. It's been my experience that if you go too "budget" then you sacrifice stability and quality.
Quote this comment #9.4 Posted by yukycg on 02 Feb 2006 - 07:07
asrock is a small brother of Asus, this board just not a great oc board(unless flash with a modded BIOS, but still weak compare to asus/dfi)

but support for M2 via an expansion card is "Information published on ASRockAmerica.com is subject to change without notice" From what I read in the asrock forum, asrock removed the support for M2 from the website but inside the manual, the supporting statement's still there.
Quote this comment #9.5 Posted by Unwonted on 02 Feb 2006 - 22:30
I already have this board. It's great and stable (except for the onboard LAN used to cause crashes until I disabled it) and YES, it does support the AM2. But if M2's only support DDR2, I'm SOL anyway since the board only supports DDR1. And this board doesn't suck; it's perfectly fine and benchmarks right up with the best of them.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Clampet3000 on 01 Feb 2006 - 22:40
http://www.pcstats.com/artvnl.cfm?articleID=1860

Yes thats right I'm confused........

There are just a handful of motherboards on the market that support future and multi-platform processors and memory. More surprisingly perhaps is that these solutions are readily available to the entry level market. ECS was arguably first with its Intel & AMD honeymooning PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, and it looks like a few other manufacturers are following similar lines. The ASRock 939Dual-SATA 2 motherboard we're testing here is a socket 939 AMD Athlon64 solution which incorporates a special slot for a daughter card that will in the near future support the upcoming Socket M2 AMD Athlon64 processor and its allotment of DDR-2 memory. Both the Socket M2 AMD processor and the necessary ASRock daughter card are not currently available, but the CPU is expected in Q2 of 2006 so the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 is certainly forward-looking. Prior to this board, ASRock had released the ASRock K8 Combo-Z/ASR motherboard which supported both socket 754 and 939 AMD Athlon64 processors.


http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hmx?SCriteria=BA22009

Last edited by Clampet3000 on 01 Feb 2006 - 23:01
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by Bosaka on 01 Feb 2006 - 23:10
wow that asrock board is a stupid idea...if you have to buy a daughter card and ddr2 ram as well as a new cpu there is no point in not replacing the mobo....
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by GL_RandomHero on 01 Feb 2006 - 23:40
Yeah the new Socket is one reason why I held out on upgrading this last December. When is it due out anyways?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by msg43 on 02 Feb 2006 - 00:09
Ahh **** I just brought a socket 775, oh well it will do for the next year.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by minnow_trap on 02 Feb 2006 - 02:52
And for all them guys that rushed to buy the FX-60's, and fancy ASUS boards..... Oh well, just sell your machine, and build a new machine because of an upgrade on ram? LOL, too funny. Glad i'm still waiting. Knew it was gonna happen.
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by kronik on 02 Feb 2006 - 16:13
and you can keep waiting because there will always be something new.
Quote this comment #14.2 Posted by minnow_trap on 02 Feb 2006 - 16:31
Really? I didn't know that there is always "SOMETHING NEW", LMFAO. You musta been one of them guys that rushed out and threw a 5,000.00 machine on his credit card, who knows, who cares.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by Lazih3nri on 02 Feb 2006 - 04:32
O.o I guess it was worth it to deal with a 3.2Ghz machine for now... Can't wait to get something with M2 in it.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by matt74441 on 02 Feb 2006 - 05:38
Thats not too bad. I have yet to purchase a bad AMD processor/motherboard, so I'm not complaining.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by lunamonkey on 02 Feb 2006 - 08:39
Why do people keep calling it the wrong thing. It's strictly "Socket AM2", not M2, not Am2/M2, not just AM2, it's "Socket AM2"

/rant
Quote this comment #17.1 Posted by strekship on 02 Feb 2006 - 21:42
For the same reason that people call Socket 939: 939, s939, skt939. Its just shorter, but people know what you are talking about.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by Angel Blue01 on 02 Feb 2006 - 22:19
And I thought $75 was too much for a motherboard
Quote this comment #18.1 Posted by strekship on 03 Feb 2006 - 06:30
Im sure you wil be able to find AM2 mobo's in that price range.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by Default User on 07 Feb 2006 - 23:12
I am looking to buy a new PC. What I had in mind was a Socket 939 with nforce 4 chipset and SLI ready. The processor I had in mind is a X2 4800+ should I wait to get a M2? Sorry, I'm a newb concerning sockets, DDR2, etc...

Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
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