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Motherboard for AMD Phenom?

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im upgrading my computer soon and i was thinking of getting a ASUS AM2 Motherboard and a AMD 6000 ( because i dont plan on overclocking and in some benchmacrks it keeps up with the e6600-e6700 and its only $160 ) but i was wondering. i heard that the new amd core duo chips named Phenom are coming out and that i can just replace the 6000 with that later on down the road. is that true? or am i gonna have to get a whole new motherboard.

some advice please :D 

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Most AM2 motherboards should be compatible with Phenom X2 and X4 CPUs once a BIOS update is released. So, yes, you can upgrade from an X2 6000+ AM2 CPU to a Phenom processor.

Yip - as Bitrate says most of the newer AM2 boards will just require a quick bios update to be compatible with the new amazing phenoms. Make sure that you just go to the manufacturers site and check for future compatibility. I have a Crossfire board and I made sure that it was before I purchased it. Nice CPU/board choice by the way. It will own for ages, and its cheap in comparison to the performance it puts out - just like mine :) 

NezaH said:
im upgrading my computer soon and i was thinking of getting a ASUS AM2 Motherboard and a AMD 6000 ( because i dont plan on overclocking and in some benchmacrks it keeps up with the e6600-e6700 and its only $160 ) but i was wondering. i heard that the new amd core duo chips named Phenom are coming out and that i can just replace the 6000 with that later on down the road. is that true? or am i gonna have to get a whole new motherboard.

some advice please :D 


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