AMD quad core
 

with next month being the month that Intell will bring out their quad cores, i'd imagine that AMD isn't that far behind. What kind of mother board will they be using the 939 or the AM2?

AMD will use the new Socket F platform/infrastructure for it's quad-core processors (Barcelona's). It basically an extension of the AM2 line.

Socket F employs support for the Fully Buffered DIMM. Processors planned for Socket F will also likely support DDR3 and other technologies, like XD-RAM. But when such RAM is used on an FB-DIMM, no motherboard or CPU change is necessary to support the new RAM, as all FB-DIMMs use the same socket regardless of the RAM employed. This overcomes the old drawback of the Hammer architecture, with its integrated memory controller necessitating the replacement of the (potentially very expensive) CPU to support a new memory type.

Pictures of the new socket are below.
http://tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1131438107.jpg
http://tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1131438950.jpg
http://tweakers.net/ext/i.dsp/1131438951.jpg

thats sucks, cause the intell 2 cores have comon motherboards with the quad cores

AMD is going to take some heat for this aren't they?

Also going to generate some heat as well. These new generation PC with their quad cores and dual video cards and 1000w power supplies are going to make heaters and furnaces obsolete.

:o so your saying all most people really need is a duel core

i need a quad core!

I want a quad core! I wonder what the cases will look like for these machines, swiss cheese.

An update on AMD
 

Is anyone waiting on solid DDR3 from AMD. Let's say you can set on a Radeon HD 4870 X2 and a fast SSD. They seem like great upgrades. However, the first Phenoms didn't seem very good or very fast. So is there a smart buy for mobo and ram, or would you rather wait?

Right now I'm not banking on anything AMD. Intel is whipping the piss out of AMD on the performance side and while I haven't bothered reading on AMD's new stuff, I suspect it will still be sub-par.

Don't get me wrong, I grew up an AMD fan, but numbers are what I'm loyal to, not brands.

I'm running a Q6600 @3.6GHz. It beats everything on the market right now, for stock speeds.

cool, i've had the Q6600@2.4GHz stock for a while now. I burnt out a set of ram slots on my mobo so I am down to 2GB of RAM. However, I plan on just getting a whole new computer eventually. Maybe the Phenom FX series will be worthwhile.

I agree. The previous two computers that I built were AMD's but the next one I'm building will be using the new Intel i7, I just can't decide between the 920 or the 940. If all the pieces fall into place I should have quite a budget for the computer I plan on building in February and I plan on building a kick ass system.

I'm going to bid on a Commodore 64 on eBay. So there.

I haven't bought an AMD in years. I have built a lot of computers and from my own experience Intel computers were always way more stable. The AMD processor always seemed to have heat issues.