Asus M2N68-LA (Ivy) motherboard and Phenom II X4

[robson921]

I want to change the processor on my motherboard and i have the question
I have a Asus M2N68-LA (Ivy)
and I would like to change the Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane to another processor AMD Phenom II X4 or X3.

Is it possible to change ???
This is link to my motherboard:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00907982&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3443509#N92

 

[robson921]

The Athlon 64X2 is better than Phenom X3 or X4???

 

[esrever]

you'd need to find a 95 watt or lower cpu thats compatible. the x3 and x4s are a lot better than the 64x2s.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103873
this will probably work and will be a low end upgrade.

http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASUS/M2N68-LA_%28Narra3-GL8E%29.html
heres a list of all that will probably work.

 

[robson921]

Thanks a lot

How do you think whether this is a good motherboard?

My specs:

Asus M2N68-LA (Ivy)

Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane

Seagate ST380811 80GB SATA

2x2GB RAM Super Talent

ATI Radeon HD5450

DVD ROM HP

Power supply 670 W

Windows Vista x64 home basic

can I improve this hardware settings or something ?

 

[robson921]

I found in home another one motherboard Acer 946GZT-AM with celeron D352
This is better than my M2N68-LA (Ivy) with AMD Athlon 64 X2 ??

 

[chuckbaker]

I want to change the processor on my motherboard and i have the question
I have a Asus M2N68-LA (Ivy)
and I would like to change the Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane to another processor AMD Phenom II X4 or X3.

Is it possible to change ???
This is link to my motherboard:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00907982&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3443509#N92

the board is socket am2 which will not accept a phenom processor. you need am2+ or am3 boards for the phenom processors, sorry

 

[Viking2121]

The AM2 socket will not work with the Phenom II's HP states that mobo can only support upto the Athlon 64 x2 4800+ And Athlon 64 3800+ singlecore (Not Athlon II's)
And some AMD Sempron models. So you would need a Motherboard Upgrade.

The Celeron D isn't any better sorry.

-Viking-

 

[DrDemento]

Hmm. I have the same set up and I am using the 65 watt 64 x 2 5600 processor with no problems. The bios sees it and SiSandra sees it. Running Windows 8.

 

[DrDemento]

The reason I gave that info for the cpu is that the information from Compaq/HP is 4 years old. The 5.14 bios will see the cpu and multiply properly. I was goint to try a 6000. I did not do that because I wanted to stay with the 65w cpus

 

[DrDemento]

I have not tried it. I think it should as long as you get a better Heatsink and fan
The motherboard you are using does not put out 12 V. I am using the Thermalink R! something like that. I have it tied to 12 v and the yellow one hooked to the motherboard for sense.
I would have tried the 6000 but I did not want to spend the extra money. This mobo funs win 8 without any problems. It has a rating of 4.9 with a video card.
I have 4 of these computers and they are good workhorses.
If you have any questions ask.
The Doctor

 

[Wnc Bassman]

The reason I gave that info for the cpu is that the information from Compaq/HP is 4 years old. The 5.14 bios will see the cpu and multiply properly. I was goint to try a 6000. I did not do that because I wanted to stay with the 65w cpus

This is my machine

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c00910226&DocLang=en&docLocale=en_US&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0001

Can you point me in the direction where you updated your BIOS, I can't seem to find a link..(maybe I need more sleep). I am wanting to upgrade my processor to the 5600 as you did.

Thanks