By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
Slimebeast on 30 May 2010
Edit Thread
Soleron said:
Slimebeast said:
 

Well yeah maybe there was more Phenom II's but they weren't listed in the "AM2+" column, they were listed in the AM3 column.

I can't get up the page either at the moment cos it's in NZ or something.

But let's say they would fit into my AM2+ mobo, what drawbacks would that have for say a Phenom II X4 955. Would the CPU be constrained by something, run at a lower bus speed or something? And does the memory speed matter with Phenom II's since I only have DDR2 6400 RAMs?

I think Squill went to bed. It must be late in NZ.

Soleron, your input?

Assuming you have the exact motherboard the page you linked to suggested, then all AM2+ and AM3 CPUs should work. All Phenom IIs.

The bus speed would be slightly lower, yes, but that would have no noticeable effect. The memory speed would have at most a 5% effect, but probably not noticeable either.

Do you actually need a new CPU, though? Are you finding programs slow, and do you know it's the CPU at fault?

EDIT: what ones in green? Page won't load for me.

 

 
Socket AM3
Motherboard Model GA-MA770-DS3(rev. 2.0)
PCB 2.0
Vendor Model Frequency L2 Cache L3 Cache Core Name Process Stepping Wattage System
Bus(MT/s)		 5200
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3200MHz 512KBx6 6MB Thuban 45nm E0 125W 4000 FDD
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2800MHz 512KBx6 6MB Thuban 45nm E0 125W 4000 FDD
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2800MHz 512KBx6 6MB Thuban 45nm E0 95W 4000 FDD
AMD Phenom II X6 1035T 2600MHz 512KBx6 6MB Thuban 45nm E0 95W 4000 FDD
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3200MHz 512KBx4 6MB Deneb 45nm C3 125W 4000 FDD
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3200MHz 512KBx4 6MB Deneb 45nm C2 125W 4000 FB
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3000MHz 512KBx4 6MB Deneb 45nm C3 95W 4000 FDD
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3000MHz 512KBx4 6MB Deneb 45nm C2 125W 4000 FB
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3000MHz 512KBx4 6MB Deneb 45nm C2 95W 4000 FDD


The green ones. Awkward. They're hidden. Two CPUs are hidden, but show up when you copy paste on that page. They were:

Phenom II X4 965  3400MHz 125W     -
Phenom II X4 965  3400MHz 140W     -

And the little "-" marks that they aren't supported I assume.


Most programs aren't slow but in some games like Bad Company 2 and others who like CPU power I feel it. I get only 25fps in Bad Company 2 (1920x1200 and 2xAA). 

I'd like to have a Phenom II X4 to be able to support a Radeon HD 5870 or something. My current CPU is an Athlon X2 6000+ with a Radeon 4850 GPU.