AMD AM2 VS AM3

[yogman]

Hello!

I have a question,

Can you put an AM3 CPU in a AM2 socket?

PLEASE REPLY!!!

Thanks!


Yogman

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

You cannot put an AM3 CPU in an AM2 socket (with very very few exceptions, but no official support).

You CAN put AM3 CPU's in AM2+ Sockets and use them with DDR2 ram.

Hope that clarifies,

Cheerz

BA plz

 

[yogman]

You cannot put an AM3 CPU in an AM2 socket (with very very few exceptions, but no official support).

You CAN put AM3 CPU's in AM2+ Sockets and use them with DDR2 ram.

Hope that clarifies,

Cheerz

BA plz

Ok, well, Can you put a AM2+ CPU in a AM2 System?

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

yes, which CPU are you considering and with which motherboard?

 

[yogman]

yes, which CPU are you considering and with which motherboard?

Well, I don't know. I have a really nice computer, but I know someone who's computer is pretty slow, so I thought I might get her a faster CPU.

Hopefully a quad, but.....

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Quad AM2+ you'd be looking at the Phenom 1 series, which were rubbish.

I would reccomend going for a Athlon II X4 635
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103702&cm_re=athlon_x4-_-19-103-702-_-Product

and then for mobo just get an AM2+ mobo so you can still use the old DDR2 ram from the old system:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138285

there for 160 bucks you got her a quad core and new mobo.

How much ram does she have? If it's like 1 gb then your better off going for an AM3 board and just making it 4GB ram aswell.

let me know,

Cheerz

 

[beanoslim]

Not all AM2+ quads are rubbish 😀 -
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=56515&tid=frooctr

Or dual -
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=249&Itemid=63

Just depends if your friends board supports them.

 

[amdfangirl]

Ok, well, Can you put a AM2+ CPU in a AM2 System?

No, most AM2 motherboard didn't support newer CPUs. Check the motherboard before you buy a computer.

I can honestly tell you because I do have an AM2 motherboard. Most of them cannot handle the power requirements of the Phenom series.

Some did support it, some didn't. Depends on the motherboard.

 

[beanoslim]

Or some said they would but didn't, like my DFI590SLI.. [:aford10:1]

 

[amdfangirl]

I feel your pain, Sapphire told me it'd be supporting until AM3... they never got past the Athlon 64 X2...

 

[enzo matrix]

The only way for a definite answer is to check out the CPU compatibility online with your motherboard manufacturer's CPU support list.

Physically AM3 CPUs are compatible with AM2+ and AM2 BUT there are other factors such as bios compatibility and chipset compatibility.

 

[jj463rd]

^+1 I think that I've seen a very few AM2 boards that support a couple or at least one AM3 CPU.The hypertransport speed was lower though.

 

[amdfangirl]

The Hypertransport speed for AM2 is 1Ghz, 800mhz for Sempron models and the AM2+ speed was 2.6Ghz.

 

[yogman]

Best answer selected by yogman.

 

[Maziar]

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