[stemmer]

I'm getting really confused on this AM3 & AM2+ socket type. For example look at this Tigerdirect combo.

The processor is listed as AM3 but the mobo is AM2+... How can that be?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=2417

I'm trying to spec out a mobo with 4xDDR2 slots that will accomodate a X3 710. I thought I had a good handle on this but now I'm getting really confused...

I was just about to order this from Newegg

Phenom X3 710
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6819103648

ASUS M4A78 Pro
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6813131362

But upon further investigation see the cpu listed as AM3 and the mobo as AM2+...?????

I'm really confused now...

[Canadian_Mind]

Buy American Stemmer, buy American.

[stemmer]

AMD is a great American company....!!!!!

[poquas]

I just went through this with my PC tech a couple of weeks ago when he upgraded one of my PCs. He just replaced a an AMD 4600 with an AMD 3.1Gig 6000+

Socket AM2 (940-contact PGA) - AMD single-processor socket featuring DDR2-SDRAM. Replaces Socket 754 and Socket 939[4] (some confused Socket AM2 with "Socket 940" for server processors). Supports Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Opteron, Sempron and Phenom processors.

Socket AM2+ (940-contact PGA) - AMD socket for single processor systems. Features support for DDR2 and HyperTransport 3 with separated power lanes. (Replaces Socket AM2 , electrically compatible with Socket AM2). Supports Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX, Opteron, and Phenom processors.

Socket AM3 (938-contact PGA) - AMD socket for single processor systems. Features support for DDR3 and HyperTransport 3 with separated power lanes. Replaces Socket AM2+ with support for DDR3-SDRAM.

[Regina]

I upraded to this last month.

Intel Core i7 2.66Ghz 920 LGA 1366 8MB Cache 1066MHz
6GB (3X2GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM Kingston
300 GB Western Digital Hard Drive 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Sata II
Asus EAH4870 Dark Knight 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI TVO PCI-E
LG DVDRW-DL Internal Writer SATA 22x- Black
3.5" All in 1 Card Reader Drive Black
Asus P6T WS Pro Core i7 1366 X58 DDR3 1333MHz L/S
Antec Nine Hundred - Ultimate Gamer Case ATX
Corsair 750W Power Supply
Windows Vista Home Premium W/ SP1 DVD 64-Bit OEM (1PK)

[stemmer]

Here's a list from AMD's site of the mobos that support the Ph II X3 710....

http://products.amd.com/en-us/Recommend ... f8=95.000&

[herbie]

Just liquidated all the work stations at a failed sawmill, opened the boxes and one unit was a dual Xeon 3.0Ghz server... muah hah hah... $30 including the 21" CRT
That one's a keeper, but some of the money's going to upgrade my X2 6000

[harzer_knaller]

@stemmer:
AM3 CPUs will work in AM2*, AM2+* and AM3 mainboards, because their IMC can handle DDR3 and DDR2 memory.
AM2 and AM2+ CPUs wont work in AM3 mainboards because their IMC can't handle DDR3.

And don't buy Asus mainboards, their bioses are... ...phucked up.

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*depends on the Bios, sometimes µCode update is required, but in general the CPU will work but will be recognized as <unknown cpu>

[stemmer]

Thanks kindly for the replies...

[harzer_knaller]

np although I kinda necroposted
been away fo a looooong time

[commanderkai]

Hey what's wrong with ASUS? My board is going great so far.

[harzer_knaller]

Ever tried serious overclocking? Sometimes you experience severe difficulties with biosbugs (wrong Ram timings, wrong HT and so on) which so far only occured on Asus boards. They sometimes update a bios and fix some issues and "add" new ones, but that's just my experience...

[stemmer]

I prefer stability over oc capability... I'm not much of a gamer but I do alot of photo editing, 2D graphics (Painter) and 3D modeling & rendering....

[harzer_knaller]

Yeah okay, if you're not into overclocking than ASUS is fine, just like almost any other manufacturer...

[herbie]

I use mainly Foxconn and Gigabyte boards for our in-store builds. Did a Phenom quad with 8GB and XP Pro64 for a guy to do photo work with last week. Bulk of our sales are AMD 7750/7850 duals and some 1640s for offices.