ryzen 2700 to older motherboard is sabertooth 990FX R2 a 300 series motherboard?

[jeffmilam]

can I install Ryzen 2700 in a sabertooth 990FX R2.0 motherboard?

 

[DSzymborski]

You cannot. Completely different platform that's more than half-a-decade old.

 

[captaincharisma]

no, your computer is too old and is a completely different CPU. in order to use that CPU you would need at minimum a new motherboard and ram. possibly a new GPU as well

 

[jeffmilam]

You cannot. Completely different platform that's more than half-a-decade old.

yes but still running at 4.2Mhz

 

[jeffmilam]

You cannot. Completely different platform that's more than half-a-decade old.

still chugging along at 4.2mHz

 

[scout_03]

the ryzen is am4 socket and you still am3 one this https://community.amd.com/thread/209622

 

[Corwin65]

Comparing your 4.2Mhz and a new platform's Mhz is irrelevant. Newer platforms have much better IPC.

 

[DSzymborski]

You cannot. Completely different platform that's more than half-a-decade old.

yes but still running at 4.2Mhz

Clock speed's pretty much only relevant when comparing CPUs on the same platform (and you mean GHz).

I still have a Pentium 4 somewhere that runs at 3.8 GHz. A Ryzen 1700 only hits 3.7 GHz in Precision Boost. Which one do you think can handle more instructions per cycle?