can i fit a am3+ cpu to my acer aspire m5400 with the MB.SE109.002 motherboard ?(http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-Aspire-M5400)

[Ville_]

i have done some research and found out that some am3 motherboards support am3+ cpus. could i fit this in it ? http://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show/75770/fd4300wmhkbox/amd-fx-4300-am3-3_8ghz-4-core

 

[TheMast3r]

No you can't. Your motherboard, that looks like this i suppose (http://www.ascendtech.us/acer-m5400-mb-se109-002-amd-motherboard_i_mb1090022103b9b.aspx) has an AM3 socket which is not compatible with newer CPUs like an AM3+ one. However, the other way around is possible.