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delvryboy

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Everywhere I look, this board is a AM3/AM2+/AM2. However, when I received it, the states it's AM2+. Will this work with a Athlon x2 3600?
 
delvryboy said:
Everywhere I look, this board is a AM3/AM2+/AM2. However, when I received it, the states it's AM2+. Will this work with a Athlon x2 3600?
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Which board you talking about ?
If the CPU is AM2+ it will work on AM2+/AM3/AM3+ motherboards.
If the CPU is AM3, then it won't work on AM2+ and lower boards. (Well, it *might*, it just depends on the board)
*edit, I don't think they made a AM3 version of that CPU...
 
Yes, an AM2 CPU will work in an AM2 compatible board. ;)
 
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AMD® Athlon64/ Athlon64 FX/ Athlon64 X2/ Sempron/ Phenom processors in AM2/AM2+ package
 
An AM2 processor will work in an AM2 or AM2+ board.
An AM2+ processor will work in an AM2+ and some AM2 boards with BIOS update - although HTT will be limited.
An AM3 processor will work in an AM3 and some AM2+ boards with BIOS update - although HTT will be limited.

Note that AM2/AM2+ are DDR2, and AM3 is DDR3. An AM3 processor has both DDR2/DDR3 memory controllers on the die, which is why it will work in either board. An AM2 and AM2+ processor only have DDR2 controller and thus can't be used in an AM3 board.
 
Also: I have an AM3 cpu working in an AM3 board the bios just doesn't recognize it properly....

Edit: I have an AM3 board working in an AM2(non "+") board...
 
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FunkZ said:
An AM2 processor will work in an AM2 or AM2+ board.
An AM2+ processor will work in an AM2+ and most AM2 boards with BIOS update - although HTT will be limited.
An AM3 processor will work in an AM3 and most AM2+ boards along with some AM2 boards with BIOS update - although HTT will be limited.

Note that AM2/AM2+ are DDR2, and AM3 is DDR3. An AM3 processor has both DDR2/DDR3 memory controllers on the die, which is why it will work in either board. An AM2 and AM2+ processor only have DDR2 controller and thus can't be used in an AM3 board.
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just correcting your post since its 99% right and no use for me to correct it by writing it out myself.

Robstar said:
Also: I have an AM3 cpu working in an AM3 board the bios just doesn't recognize it properly....
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update your bios.

delvryboy said:
Right. I just got concerned because the box states it's AM2+ and doesn't say anything about AM2.
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all AM2+ boards support AM2 processors.


Bladestar said:
Which board you talking about ?
If the CPU is AM2+ it will work on AM2+/AM3/AM3+ motherboards.
If the CPU is AM3, then it won't work on AM2+ and lower boards. (Well, it *might*, it just depends on the board)
*edit, I don't think they made a AM3 version of that CPU...
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wrong wrong and wrong.. read the top quote in this post. explains exactly how it works.

delvryboy said:
Everywhere I look, this board is a AM3/AM2+/AM2. However, when I received it, the states it's AM2+. Will this work with a Athlon x2 3600?
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yes it will work perfectly fine.. its labeled as an AM3/AM2+/AM2 because it supports all 3 socket variations.
 
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Just gotta add, if a board is AM2+ it should work with AM3 processors regardless of the bios, since for a board to be called AM2+, it must support dual-plane voltage, and it must also support atleast HT of 1.8GHz (200x9), if the board only has one or the other, then by a technicality, it is an AM2 (non plus) board.

The 3600x2 will work fine in the board. just don't expect too much out of it. I went from an Athlon II 620 oc'd to 3.2GHz to a 3600x2 @ 2GHz, and man, I feel like I'm dying a slow, painful death... :(
 
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