AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

[bianchi77]

Guys,

Can I use AM2+ CPU on AM3 socket ?
Do they have the same pin out ?

Thanks

[Spitz]

Re: AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

Guys,

Can I use AM2+ CPU on AM3 socket ?
Do they have the same pin out ?

Thanks

No, they support different cpu's and memory.

[jiroy]

Re: AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

Amd Cpus are very tolerant regarding different sockets ..Many Amd Cpus for AM3 socket can be used on AM2+ . The last one i did was a Phenom 2 on Am2+ , but they will show less performance of what are they supposed to show , because they cannot benefit from their equipped special extensions and features .
Best way usually to confirm this tolerance is to download the board manual and compare what Cpus can usually take..

[bianchi77]

Re: AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

can I use AM2 CPU on AM3 ? I have Athlon 64 x2 3800 but the motherboard is AM3...
I don't have AM3 processor for a test...

[electromaster84]

Re: AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

If the motherboard supports DDR2 memory then yes. If the motherboard uses DDR3 then it won't work. AM2 and AM3 processors are pin compatible, but AM2/AM2+ processors only support DDR2 memory because the memory controller is on the cpu.

For future reference
AM2/AM2+ = DDR2 only
AM3 = DDR2/DDR3
AM3+ = DDR3 only

[bianchi77]

Re: AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

The motherboard is :
ASUS M4A89GTD

may be you guys have more infos ? I tried reading from asus...but may be someone else has a different knowledge...

[bianchi77]

Re: AM2+ and AM3 socket ?

info :
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4...pecifications/

looks like I'm gonna need AM3 and DDR3 only...