AM2+ in AM2 socket

[pantelimonfl]

Hi, I'd like to know if I can buy a phenom 9150e which is AM2+ socket to work with my motherboard, Asus M2N AM2 socket. The processor is not on the supported cpu list and I don't want to spent money on it if it doesn't work.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

If its not supported with a bios update then NO it wont work...

All the best Brett

 

[pantelimonfl]

I knew that. I just want to know if it can run with my mobo.

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

I knew that. I just want to know if it can run with my mobo.

No.

 

[pantelimonfl]

Alright, so I have to buy another processor or another mobo. The phenom fits in the socket but....

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Which part of NO , dont you understand ?

All the best Brett

 

[pantelimonfl]

Hi

Which part of NO , dont you understand ?

All the best Brett

Did I say something? I understood that it doesn't work. What's the problem now?

 

[Raiddinn]

The AM2+ processor has the potential to work on the AM2 board. The pins are the same.

However, Brett is right that it may require you to have the newest BIOS before it will work.

However, I want to point out that even if it does turn on, it won't work as well as if it were on an AM2+ board.

In general, I would probably not try it. Instead I would save up to replace both parts at once, or perhaps those two plus the RAM all at the same time.

 

[pantelimonfl]

The AM2+ processor has the potential to work on the AM2 board. The pins are the same.

However, Brett is right that it may require you to have the newest BIOS before it will work.

However, I want to point out that even if it does turn on, it won't work as well as if it were on an AM2+ board.

In general, I would probably not try it. Instead I would save up to replace both parts at once, or perhaps those two plus the RAM all at the same time.

Good point! I don't want to burn the both so i won't try. I will buy an m2n-e and then let the fun begin.

 

[Raiddinn]

I don't know what TDP the M2N-E will allow, but if it allows higher than 45w like 65 or 95w or even 125w then that opens up whole worlds worth of new options better than the processor you have now.

If you could get the M2N-E for $45 and the 9150e for maybe $60 there could potentially be better ways to spend the same $105 or maybe a tad over. Especially so if you have a Micro Center around.

$130 - $150 will get a solid low end G series Intel dual core 1155 processor like a G630, a basic motherboard, and 1x 4GBs of 1333 RAM.

That would be 25% better in things that can use all the AMD cores and much higher % better in things that can only use 2 of the AMDs cores.