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Ok, I have an issue here with a new PC build I am looking into building for a friend.
I have built several PCs over the last couple years, and have had no issues buying compatible parts. I usually do AMD motherboards/CPUs because they are better on the wallets.
A friend of mine wants a very basic PC for nothing more but web browsing, YouTube videos, and general storage for pictures and what not.
I am going with a micro ATX build, and I have a couple motherboards picked out. But I can not for the life of me find online retailers that have any of the CPUs in stock that the support list shows.
For example, I am currently looking at the Asrock N68-GS4/USB3 FX motherboard, and I am looking at it's CPU support list. All the AMD processors models I am finding online that are available on Newegg's website or Amazon are not listed on their CP support list, and the ones on the CPU support list are not available to order.
How close does the CPU model number have to be? Does it matter? The motherboard is an AM3/AM3+ motherboard. I am currently looking at the FX series processors. I wanted to go with a Quade-core at minimum. So on amazon, I found a AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition FX-4300 processor with the full model number of FD4300WMHKBOX. But it isn't list on the Asrock support list. The only one close to it on the support list is the model FD4300WMW4MHK.
Do the EXACT model numbers need to supported? Because I punch in a model number off the support list on these websites, and NONE of them are in stock or available online. With Ram, it seems that if an exact model is in the support list, the motherboard tends to work fine in most cases as long as its the correct speed and what not. Do the same rules apply to processors? If I buy a AM3+ FX processor with the supported wattage that this motherboard uses, but doesn't match an exact supported model number, will it work? I have never run into an issues of finding in stock supported CPU models for motherboards like this before. All my other builds I would goto a boards CPU support list and find an exact model number and use it.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
I have built several PCs over the last couple years, and have had no issues buying compatible parts. I usually do AMD motherboards/CPUs because they are better on the wallets.
A friend of mine wants a very basic PC for nothing more but web browsing, YouTube videos, and general storage for pictures and what not.
I am going with a micro ATX build, and I have a couple motherboards picked out. But I can not for the life of me find online retailers that have any of the CPUs in stock that the support list shows.
For example, I am currently looking at the Asrock N68-GS4/USB3 FX motherboard, and I am looking at it's CPU support list. All the AMD processors models I am finding online that are available on Newegg's website or Amazon are not listed on their CP support list, and the ones on the CPU support list are not available to order.
How close does the CPU model number have to be? Does it matter? The motherboard is an AM3/AM3+ motherboard. I am currently looking at the FX series processors. I wanted to go with a Quade-core at minimum. So on amazon, I found a AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition FX-4300 processor with the full model number of FD4300WMHKBOX. But it isn't list on the Asrock support list. The only one close to it on the support list is the model FD4300WMW4MHK.
Do the EXACT model numbers need to supported? Because I punch in a model number off the support list on these websites, and NONE of them are in stock or available online. With Ram, it seems that if an exact model is in the support list, the motherboard tends to work fine in most cases as long as its the correct speed and what not. Do the same rules apply to processors? If I buy a AM3+ FX processor with the supported wattage that this motherboard uses, but doesn't match an exact supported model number, will it work? I have never run into an issues of finding in stock supported CPU models for motherboards like this before. All my other builds I would goto a boards CPU support list and find an exact model number and use it.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
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