hi all hope someone can answer this question.. will be building a custom pc in the next month and was considering a s939 board,btw this is a gaming rig i intend to build.. so is that a good enough option and is it relatively futue proof?i want to do my homework before i spend my hard earned $$$ please people some opinions thanks in advance

there's no such thing as future-proof

AM2 is going to replace 939, it will be a big improvement over 939 except for AM2 adds DDR2 support, but even with DDR2 it's only going to be a minor improvement overall due to the fact that the first new line of Athlon 64's based on the AM2 will be virtually the same as Athlon 64 processors that are on the 939. You will not see AMD take full advantage of DDR2 until they have a total redesign in their chips and that will prob come around Q1 of 2007 when AMD's go down to 65nm. So 939 will still be a good preformance platform for a some time to come. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7800GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

will not be* AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7800GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI