mobo socket-AM3 question

ALIVe_

ALIVe_

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I want to know if I buy a mobo with socket-AM3 it will support my AM3 that I was using when my old mobo fried.
I mean, if I buy a new mobo with AM3 socket for AMD which is my old processor(3 years old) will it support it? Or must I also buy an especific processor.
Also, does Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H, Socket-AM3 support DDR2?

Thanks in advance.
 
linkin said:
AM3 drops DDR2 support. You want an AM2+ board for DDR2.

What CPU do you have specifically?
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so what you are saying is that if I had DDR2 on my motherboard the Processor was probably AM2? hmm, if I will have to buy the RAM too then I rather buy the mobo, processor & the RAM.

another question...
if it is a board with ATI CrossfireX and my video card is Nvidea will it mean that I would have not as good performance as if I had one ATI video card?
 
ALIVe_ said:
I want to know if I buy a mobo with socket-AM3 it will support my AM3 that I was using when my old mobo fried.
I mean, if I buy a new mobo with AM3 socket for AMD which is my old processor(3 years old) will it support it? Or must I also buy an especific processor.
Also, does Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H, Socket-AM3 support DDR2?

Thanks in advance.
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If your processor is three years old, its not a AM3. A AM2 or AM2+ processor will not fit in a AM3 socket. AM3 boards have DDR3. AM2 and AM2+ processors only have a DDR2 memory controller.

If you want to upgrade to a socket AM3 motherboard, you would need a AM3 CPU and DDR3 memory.

The GA-880GM-UD2H is a AM3 board with DDR3

A single Nviidia card will run fine on a AMD chipset board. You just cant run SLI with Nvidia cards.
 
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AM3 processor + AM2 motherboard with DDR2 slots = works
AM3 processor + AM3 motherboard with DDR3 and DDR2 slots = works with either of the memory types
AM2/AM2+ processor + AM3 motherboard with DDR3 and DDR2 slots = works with the DDR2 slots
AM2/AM2+ processor + AM3 motherboard with DDR3 slots = will not work.

Yes?
 
^ Yes, but there are very few true AM3 boards with DDR2 memory slots. Typically, DDR2=AM2 and DDR3 = AM3.

Basically all you need to know is-

- AM3 Processors work in AM2+ motherboards, but not in AM2
- AM2+ processors work in AM2 and AM2+, but not in AM3
- If a motherboard is listed as "AM2+/AM3" or "AM2/AM2+/AM3", then it's actually an AM2+ board. Don't let that confuse you.
 
^Thanks.
'If a motherboard is listed as "AM2+/AM3" or "AM2/AM2+/AM3", then it's actually an AM2+ board.'
And since am3 cpu has 2 fewer pins(and due to board design), and at least most? of which have ddr2 and ddr3 controllers, am3 cpu works on the am2/am2+ board wherein th board will determine what ram?
Yes?

op: are you sure about the age of your cpu? which one is it? if it is am3, a possibility could be am3 board and ddr3 as a fix/upgrade for now.
 
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