The motherboard only provides the power the CPU requires. It will only hurt if your CPU requires more power than the motherboard is designed to provide.At the very least, your motherboard won't power on. At the most it could fry your motherboard and take your components with it. It's a gamble and something that most likely won't end well. And yes as was previously stated ALWAYS check the qualified CPU vendor list before purchasing.
That brings us to BIOS version compatibility. Newer generations of CPUs on a previous socket typically require a BIOS update.It depends on the specific motherboard and CPU. You might put an 8xxx series CPU in a 100 series motherboard. The wattage would be lower but it wouldn't work because even though the socket is OK the 100 series motherboards don't support 8th or 9th generation CPUs.
It depends on the specific motherboard and CPU. You might put an 8xxx series CPU in a 100 series motherboard. The wattage would be lower but it wouldn't work because even though the socket is OK the 100 series motherboards don't support 8th or 9th generation CPUs.
Yes, but he's talking about a lower wattage CPU in a motherboard that can handle more wattage.Wasn't that one of the biggest problems with the FX-9590? That it required way more wattage than the socket and motherboard could handle?
The motherboard only provides the power the CPU requires. It will only hurt if your CPU requires more power than the motherboard is designed to provide.
I've been wrong before. If you think I'm wrong I'd ask you to provide reference to it.
At the very least, your motherboard won't power on. At the most it could fry your motherboard and take your components with it. It's a gamble and something that most likely won't end well. And yes as was previously stated ALWAYS check the qualified CPU vendor list before purchasing.
thank you all, and if you don't mind me asking, if the mobo was made to run a 125w AM3 CPU like the FX-8350 but the VRMs run way to hot. what i'm trying to say is would the VRMs run colder if i put a 95w CPU like the FX-6300 would that make the VRMs run colder on the same mobo?.
i'm trying to make something out of nothing for a friend