[SOLVED] Can I upgrade my Athlon II 640 (am3) to an AMD Fx am3+ card? Its a 'BUZZER' motherboard, which allows 'some' Fx upgrades...

[Jeff Strong]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_d-YGQqhZw

 

[jeremyj_83]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_d-YGQqhZw

Depends on the motherboard. Without know the exact model we cannot say. That being said there isn't any real good reason to invest any money in that old platform. You would be better served in the long run to upgrade to a Ryzen or new Intel.

 

[SamirD]

Need a complete motherboard model to even start researching.

 

[Jeff Strong]

I just see a bunch of numbers, besides 'BUZZER,' perhaps INFINEON B 620887 001

There also a 'socket' that looks like an M.2 or nVME 'socket,' but for a short M/n card? A small cache card? Or?

The motherboard is probably ~9/10 yrs old though?

 

[Jeff Strong]

upgrade to a Ryzen or new Intel.

I 'upgraded' to an older Intel, an i7-4790 twr/ram for $180, plus everything transferred over....

Like like to 'use' this archaic Athlon II as a server or something?

 

[USAFRet]

The motherboard is probably ~9/10 yrs old though?

There is no reason to put any money into that system.

 

[Jeff Strong]

Its an Alvorix board, N-Alvorix-RS880-uATX (Alvorix) ... AMD Athlon II X4 640

Its OEM, so it probably can't handle 125 watt Phenom 1100T, since its TDP is 95 watts?

 

[ChumP]

Its an Alvorix board, N-Alvorix-RS880-uATX (Alvorix) ... AMD Athlon II X4 640

Its OEM, so it probably can't handle 125 watt Phenom 1100T, since its TDP is 95 watts?

HP's website clearly states that a phenom II X6 95W TDP CPU is the best you can do. You won't be able to install a 125W TDP CPU as the board power delivery won't allow that.

In the Phenom II X6 series the supported chips are: 1035T,1045T, 1055T(95W revision) and the 1065T.

 

[Jeff Strong]

I just see a bunch of numbers, besides 'BUZZER,' perhaps INFINEON B 620887 001

There also a 'socket' that looks like an M.2 or nVME 'socket,' but for a short M/n card? A small cache card? Or?

The motherboard is probably ~9/10 yrs old though?

That minicard is the motherboard's form of a WIFI card? I 'found' a $5 replacement card for it, and it 'told' me what the wire/coaxial cable connectors were meant for in the bottom of my HP 6710f! WIFI?