Need a motherboard that takes DDR2 + AM3 and supports core unlock.

[vlad06]

I know that I am asking for old/outdated technology here but I really need the best available/most recent motherboard that supports the following:

> AM3 socket
> SATA 2 & 3
> DDR2 memory
> Overclocking
> Core unlock feature in BIOS

Can anybody please advise? Your help is much appreciated.

 

[pizzahead911]

If your trying to make a build out of some old parts you really should just get a system overhaul. That being said with just AM3 your options are going to be limited. I don't know if you can get DDR2 on an AM3 socket as on pcpartpicker.com I couldn't even find a motherboard that supported DDR2. You can try going to a mom&pop shop and see if they have what your looking for but I doubt they will.... Maybe there is just something i'm missing

 

[Cristi72]

I know that I am asking for old/outdated technology here but I really need the best available/most recent motherboard that supports the following:

> AM3 socket
> SATA 2 & 3
> DDR2 memory
> Overclocking
> Core unlock feature in BIOS

Can anybody please advise? Your help is much appreciated.

Hello,

There is no AM3 motherboard supporting DDR2. It exists though AM2+ boards supporting DDR2 and DDR3 (but not at the same time and not for all CPUs):

http://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/n68c-s%20ucc/

Supports UCC, but has only SATA2.

 

[vlad06]

Well basically I am running on ASROCK K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 which supports AM3.

Are there any ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI boards that match this profile?

Thank you

 

[pizzahead911]

It does not mention any support for AM3 even on their official page for the motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/K10N78FullHD-hSLI%20R3.0/ . If you want an AM2/AM2+ socket motherboard im sure you could find many of them for cheap.

 

[junkeymonkey]

I got one of them asrock gs- motherboards I use as a backup/test/reuse old parts , but like they said you still got to match the memory with the chip -- 2 slots are for ddr3 and 2 slots are for ddr2 so if the chip supports ddr2 then that's the memory you use with it

 

[junkeymonkey]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/N68C-GS%20FX/?cat=CPU

 

[Cristi72]

Well basically I am running on ASROCK K10N78FullHD-hSLI R3.0 which supports AM3.

Are there any ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI boards that match this profile?

Thank you

In your original post you said an AM3 board; your board is an AM2/AM2+ which supports AM3 CPUs, but with downgraded performance (HT link especially, which works at 2000/2600 MT/s for AM2+ boards and 4000MT/s for AM3 boards).

Please check this:

https://forum.raymond.cc/threads/how-to-unlock-4-cores-on-amd-phenom-ii-550-be-710-720-be.16974/

It has a big list with motherboards supporting core unlocking, you just have to find the motherboard that suits you best.

 

[vlad06]

Thanks a lot to everyone.

I have decided to keep my existing motherboard. Screw the extra two cores.