XP3000+ or AMD64 3000+ 1

[mjbanks]

My cpu has seen better days (AMD XP2500+) and was looking around for a replacement. In my travels, I found that the AMD64 3000+ (socket 939) is the same price as the AMD XP3000+. Is it worth it to upgrade to this processor? The motherboard I was looking at to go along with it is an Asus K8T800 chipset.

Also, The AMD64 3000+ is cheaper in the Socket 754 chipset. I don't know too much about the new AMD64 chipsets. What is the main difference between 754 and 939 and is there a performance increase in going with 939 (K8T800 motherboard) over 754 (nforce3 motherboard)?

 

[kmcferrin]

If you check the private newsgroups hosted by Microsoft, the Microsoft reps have stated that it would be OEM only (the same as the IA64 version of Windows XP 64-bit Edition). You can still buy it from NewEgg of whoever, but they have hardware requirements associated with the sale and then the reseller is the one who has to provide support for it.

 

[mjbanks]

I think what I'm going to end up doing is dual boot Fedora Core 3 (64-bit) and Windows XP Pro (32-bit). Not sure if I'll do this on the same drive or on separate drives (I know separate drives is much easier).