Motherboard cpu compatibility

[smith10]

I noticed a discrepancy on Asus motherboard-CPU compatibility page. Where the CPU cache is listed, sometimes it appears as half of the real value or a third of it.

For example this Athlon IIX3 405e(AD405EHDK32GI), 2.3GHz, 512KB, rev.C2,45W, Socket AM3 and on CPU-World the cache is triple.

This only happens with some models.Others are accurate. For instance the dual-core Athlon X2 BE-2350 (DD),1M,45W,rev.G1,SocketAM2 CPU appears with 1M cache both on ASUS and cpuworld.

Some suggested Asus referred the cache per core.Indeed,however it does not make sense for the cases where it appears with the total cache value.

So why didn't they list them all in the same manner?It would be great to clarify this because it is not a great experience to buy incompatible parts.

 

[jay32267]

The also have conflicting specs on the amount of RAM certain motherboards will take.

 

[smith10]

Yes.I will buy them anyway since people can't come up with a clear answer.So then my questions are: what is the worst case scenario? I guess the PC just wouldn't start. Or maybe it would start and later certain things would not work properly? Or it would do some damage to other components? I don't have a clue. 🙁