[BlazerWill]

IT seems to me i pay 20 quid extra for an AM2 based proccesor and board? which is better for me, i will be playing 1 game, world of warcraft and the rest will be work and multimedia?

Thanks

[b1gapl]

Go with AM2 for future upgradability...

[The General]

AM2

[the yellow one]

AM2 of course, good way to go for future upgrade.

[PR Gamer]

AM2

[nightwolf2k5]

am2.. u end up with a small performance advantage n u can use ddr2 rams also.. i hear its even ddr3 compatible.. but.. not sure abt that..

[Magilla]

I'm mezmerized over the same issue. I was going to go 939 and then I saw so much support for AM2.

Please see this wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_M2 and tell me if you still feel the same way.

It states that am2 will handle am3 cpu but not the other way around.

When will am3 cpu come out?

I"m also wondering what north bridge to go with. Light game mostly home video creation/editing and photo work. Lots of cpu load there.

Still like am2 ?

[aliasaid]

well we already knew all that...

why would this be a bad thing? you build a good AM2 rig, few months later you decide you want to upgrade your cpu, boom exchange cpu's, you're done!

[PR Gamer]

Aliasad is right. When you keep a machine the same for more than 3 months??? Never.