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A system i built for my brother has been performing rather well but its been a few years and his itch has come back. No rush on him to upgrade but knowing my options would be great you know? PCI-E 2.0 gives me alot of range on upgrade options for the graphics card, but thats the easy part. The motherboard in it says "Socket AM3 ready" but is billed as an AM2/AM2+ motherboard and im curious of the CPU options. Currently running 4gigs DDR2 800, AMD Phenom 9600 x4, and ATI Radeon 4850. Heres the product page for the mobo...
http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/motherboard_view.asp?productid=524&proname=XBLUE-N78V
Heres the newegg page, the model is a little off but it appears to be the same one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...k=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2
If its AM3 ready does that mean theres a possibility of using the Phenom II series of CPUs? Just saw this on the BIOS page: Update Agesacode v3.3.2.0(support Phenom II 920,940 CPU). Now im curious what other Phenom IIs it can run...
edit: So i found Phenom II 945 on newegg. Its the same TDP as the 9600 thats in there right now but not specifically stated in the above BIOS update comment. What are the odds of it working? What about the odds of a 125w TDP CPU working like the Pheon II 980 Black Edition?
http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/motherboard_view.asp?productid=524&proname=XBLUE-N78V
Heres the newegg page, the model is a little off but it appears to be the same one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...k=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2
If its AM3 ready does that mean theres a possibility of using the Phenom II series of CPUs? Just saw this on the BIOS page: Update Agesacode v3.3.2.0(support Phenom II 920,940 CPU). Now im curious what other Phenom IIs it can run...
edit: So i found Phenom II 945 on newegg. Its the same TDP as the 9600 thats in there right now but not specifically stated in the above BIOS update comment. What are the odds of it working? What about the odds of a 125w TDP CPU working like the Pheon II 980 Black Edition?
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