Hello fellow forum dwellers.
before i start i would say that what i am asking here isn't my main pc and so i would appreciate people not replying with something along the lines of "get a better mobo"
its not for me, its for a friend that i am trying to help out so i'm looking for an answer where the answers live
I haven't got his details at hand so i don't know what specific motherboard he is using, I do know that he is currently running an athlon 64 4400+ which is running at 2.2ghz.
so what i'm trying to find now is what is the most powerful cpu he can get without having to upgrade his motherboard, hes not after a major performance boost but i'm sure a better processor could be bought that would fit that (oldish) motherboard.
i've had a look around but the specifics of these things elude me, for example some places people say that all processors up to socket AM3+ would run in a socket AM2, albeit in a reduced fashion.
thanks for any help that people can give me.
TL;DR dont know what motherboard, currently using an athlon 64 4400+ on socket AM2, whats the best can get without upgrading motherboard.
before i start i would say that what i am asking here isn't my main pc and so i would appreciate people not replying with something along the lines of "get a better mobo"
its not for me, its for a friend that i am trying to help out so i'm looking for an answer where the answers live

I haven't got his details at hand so i don't know what specific motherboard he is using, I do know that he is currently running an athlon 64 4400+ which is running at 2.2ghz.
so what i'm trying to find now is what is the most powerful cpu he can get without having to upgrade his motherboard, hes not after a major performance boost but i'm sure a better processor could be bought that would fit that (oldish) motherboard.
i've had a look around but the specifics of these things elude me, for example some places people say that all processors up to socket AM3+ would run in a socket AM2, albeit in a reduced fashion.
thanks for any help that people can give me.
TL;DR dont know what motherboard, currently using an athlon 64 4400+ on socket AM2, whats the best can get without upgrading motherboard.