17 Feb 2011 at 12:31 #1 Dave0w Dave0w Associate Joined 22 Oct 2010 Posts 997 Location Pontefract My motherboard is a MSI 870-C45 AM3, will an AM3 board support an AM2+ CPU the motherboard CPU list shows on AM3 CPU's, But i was told an AM3 board will support any AM2 CPU is this right?
My motherboard is a MSI 870-C45 AM3, will an AM3 board support an AM2+ CPU the motherboard CPU list shows on AM3 CPU's, But i was told an AM3 board will support any AM2 CPU is this right?
17 Feb 2011 at 12:38 #2 stulid stulid Caporegime Joined 17 Jan 2010 Posts 66,731 Location weston-super-mare No it wont, the memory controller of a AM2 cpu can only use DDR2 memory, so a AM3 motherboard that uses DDR3 memory wont work. You can only use a AM3 cpu in a older AM2/AM2+ board.
No it wont, the memory controller of a AM2 cpu can only use DDR2 memory, so a AM3 motherboard that uses DDR3 memory wont work. You can only use a AM3 cpu in a older AM2/AM2+ board.
17 Feb 2011 at 22:20 #3 Dave0w Dave0w Associate OP Joined 22 Oct 2010 Posts 997 Location Pontefract oo so it the other way round you can use newer CPU's in older boards
