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Help Please with AMD 6000+

From looking around (on google) I can see higher Windsor CPUs used but identified as "unknown" but Brisbane doesn't work :(
 
They are pretty toasty yeah. From what I can gather the Windsor 6000+ and 6400+ won't be fully recognised but will function ok (as long as power supply is up to it).

A Brisbane CPU of any kind, will fail to boot.
 
Pretty much, there are too many variables here. You might get away with an X2 6000+ and carry on soldiering for another year, on the other hand...
 
Oh well. You cant have everything :)

Thanks very much for your help, you saved me from spending money on a processor that wouldnt work.
 
No problem, it is always difficult upgrading pre-built PCs like this. They build them for the rig that goes in at the time, redundancy is for nerds :p

It is possible the BIOS would pick it up ok, you can find an adequate cooling system and the PSU would handle it, but it might also explode :o
 
basically i have foun the 6000+ will work but be unrecognised and the 5600+ will work and be recognized. brisbane and black editions wont work.
 
I don't think there will be a massive difference between the 5600+ and 6000+ tbh, the 5600+ is equivalent to the FX-62 in the power chart on Toms test (though you could safely take off 10 Watts or so to account for the newer silicon).

You think that thread can be trusted?
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Probably, hard to say for sure and their mobo might have a different shipping BIOS to yours.
 
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