compatibilty

It is not compatible with either of those boards martin, both those motherboards are am2+ socket while the cpu is am3+

You will need a motherboard with the am3+ socket for that cpu
 
compatibility

Thanks jamesd1981. I am using a socket AM3 3.4Ghz AMD Phenom II X4 965 on this board. It was suggested by one of the members of this forum. It works fine. I know it is supposed to be a socket 2 or 2+. The previous processor on this board was also a socket AM3 AMD Phenom II X3 3.3Ghz Rana 455. I didn't have any problems with that one either. I have a socket 3 3.3 Ghz AMD Rana 455 running on an ASUS M3N78-VM computer upstairs too. Am I doing something wrong? What is the actual difference between a socket 2 or 2+ and a socket 3 or 3+? The socket 2 or 2+ MBs both run fine with socket 3 processors. Enlighten me please.
 
As best i read it you can mix some processors across the sockets, but not a good idea you may just give yourself a headache.

If you have different socket amd processors already and want to try them using the wikipedia article as a guide then try and see if they will work, but i would not buy a new cpu for a different socket motherboard.

It seems there is some level of backwards compatibility such as using an am3 cpu in an am2+ board, but not the other way round.
 
Why are you are looking at the FX-4100? It's been replaced by the much better FX-4300.
 
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