era of the build // mobo question

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Phippsp

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Alright I am working on building a new computer right now on the research part of the journey. I got a question about mobos real quick so I'll throw it out their.

Background info:
1 AMD person
2. 300-400 budget
3. Switching to AMD chipset / radeon (was always a nVidia fan but seems to not be the fav anymore.)
4. Looking for good computer with future upgrades available.

So that said here it is. I been looking on newegg.com at motherboards for hours now and not able to decide what to get. I get the aspect of AM3, AM2+ & AM2 & their backward compatibilities. But what i am going confused on is seeing the CPU Socket Type option in the search. I can pick AM3 or AM2+/AM3 or AM3/AM2+/AM2.

And just wanted to know why would anyone out their possible pick just a AM3 socket board only? Why would you limit yourself to that alone? Or even make it a option to choose from on newegg lol.

Thanks! hopefully some clarification can come out of this sorry for the ramble I do that.
 
Phippsp said:
why would anyone out their possible pick just a AM3 socket board only?
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AM3 motherboards run the fastest RAM available right now, DDR3.

You could get an AM2+/AM3 motherboard, and get an AM3 processor,
but you'd have to run DDR2.
 
Can you Run DDR2 in a AM3 motherboard?

For the best possible upgrade ability for the future I'm guessing the chunk of my money will go into the motherboard...

So if I get a AM3 motherboard & AM3 CPU and just run DDR2 memory for now I can always upgrade it later on? Or will this cause bad bottlenecks somewhere?
 
Alright well I think I may go for the AM2/AM2+ motherboard instead of the AM3 I really feel no need to pay the extra for everything just to use DDR3 memory. But it would be in my best interest to use a AM3 CPU on the AM2/AM2+ board?
 
Phippsp said:
Alright well I think I may go for the AM2/AM2+ motherboard instead of the AM3 I really feel no need to pay the extra for everything just to use DDR3 memory. But it would be in my best interest to use a AM3 CPU on the AM2/AM2+ board?
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DDR2 price rise, it is at similar price with DDR3. and in long term, DDR3 would be the better choice.
 
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