Fitting am4 Cpu into am3 board?

[rbburgess71484]

I'm wanting to upgrade to the AMD ryzen 5 1600 but I have and a8800 G Plus motherboard. Will this even work?

 

[RobCrezz]

No.

You'll need a AM4 motherboard and DDR4 Ram.

 

[rbburgess71484]

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Question from rbburgess71484 : "Fitting am4 Cpu into am3 board?"

I'm wanting to upgrade to the AMD ryzen 5 1600 but I have and a8800 G Plus motherboard. Will this even work?

 

[bignastyid]

Please don't spam the forum, keep it to 1 thread.

 

[COLGeek]

You absolutely can not install an AM4 based CPU into an AM3 based motherboard. This is not possible. Period.