Hi,

I'm planning on buying this motherboard:

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI MotherBoard Socket 939

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Specifications

CPU

1. Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon64 X2/ 64 FX/ 64

Chipset

1. NVIDIA nForce4 SLI MCPs (media and communication processors)
2. Super I/O: ITE IT8712 chip
3. Integrated peripherals
1. Silicon Image sil 3114 controller
2. T.I. IEEE1394b controller
3. Marvell 8053 Gigabit Ethernet controller
4. CICADA8201 Gigabit LAN PHY chip
5. Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec

Memory

1. Type: Dual channel DDR400/ 333/ 266 -184pin
2. Max capacity: Up to 4GB by 4 DIMM slots

Internal I/O Connectors

1. 8 x Serial ATA connector (4 X Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s)
2. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
3. 1 x FDD connector
4. 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 6 ports)
5. 2 x IEEE 1394b connectors (supports 3 ports)
6. 3 x cooling fan pin headers
7. CD in

Expansion Slots

1. 2 x PCI-Express X 16 slot, supports two PCI-Express interface Graphics cards with SLI mode
2. 2 x PCI-Express X 1 slots
3. 2 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)

Back Panel Connectors

1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2. 2 x RJ45 ports
3. Audio (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC) connector
4. Coaxial S/PDIF input/ output function
5. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
6. 1 x COM port
7. 1 x LPT

CPU/AGP/DIMM setting

1. CPU HT / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
2. PCI-ExpessX16 Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
3. DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS

Power

1. ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
2. Power-off by Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP shut down and switch

Form Factor

1. ATX form factor
2. 30.5 x 24.4 cm

H/W Monitoring

1. System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
2. Hardware detecting and reporting for CPU voltage, and fan speed

BIOS

1. 2 X 4M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS

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On my old motherboard I have AMD Athlon XP 2600+, and I'm wondering whether I would be able to fit in this CPU into the new motherboard?

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,

Maksym

No.

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ is most likely socket A or 462, which is two sockets older than the 939. That being said. I'm not sure if your just looknig for a new mobo for your existing cpu, but don't buy a socket 939 mobo if you are also getting a new cpu. The price savings of old tech is simply not worth it.

I was actually just checking whether I have to add CPU to list for parts to buy.

Man, I was thinking of just upgrading my video card(which is AGV) but I guess, thanks for new PCIE slot requirement I'll have to get new mobo, cpu, and video card, sweet..

Thanks for your help anyways,

Cheers,