[ThePythonicCow]

Socket 939

Be careful on that one. AMD just shut down its last 939 fab. This is good news in the -very- short term, as you can get some great close out prices on 939 socket CPUs.

But it will soon (very soon) make buying 939 socket CPUs more difficult.

[Echo Talon]

yes, and 754 is going to be biting the dust shortly also... 939 supports better cpus than 754 as we speak.. you should be able to buy s939 for a while though retail channels.. heck you can still buy socket A cpu's at newegg.

the 939 supports X2 processors... major selling point.

[Echo Talon]

AMD's Socket 939 and 754 End-of-Life Dates

Socket 754... Sempron 3400+(weak)
Socket 939.... Athlon 64 X2(dual core) 4800+(pretty sweet) :)

[Echo Talon]

if you want the cheapest MOBO with AM2(support for X2, a64 & sempron)/integrated video(that can be upgraded)/audio/lan(albeit not GB lan), SATA

ECS C51GM-M (V1.0) Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $65.99