dear all,

i was buyin parts to build a new comp and i bought an amd motherboard, but i ran out of money to keep getting new parts before i bought the processor. i havent had time to read up on the phenom line but i thought i saw a blurb where it said theyll fit the socket am2 motherboards. is this true?

all knowledge bombs dropped are appreciated

thanks
me

6/25/2008 5:32:34 PM

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6/26/2008 8:56:50 AM

They will fit the AM2 board (I recently bought a Gigabyte board that advertised it). However, when you put the AM2+ (Phenom) chip in the AM2 socket, you get the full chip speed and core abilities, but the bus speed is reduced to 1 Ghz (1/2-1/3 of what it is supposed to be)

This is my understanding from the manual of the Gigabyte board, the thing is, they exclusively said 'supports AM2/AM2+' So there is also the BIOS firmware issues in other brands.


Personally, I'd get a cheap AM2 chip now and wait for prices to drop if money is a concern.

6/28/2008 10:39:30 PM

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6/29/2008 1:01:05 AM