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MrMJS   01-21-2009 at 07:57:02 PM

I have a M2N-E Asus mobo with an AMD X2 6000+, the board is a AM2 socket... my question, will the new Phenom II X4 940 work in this board? I thought the AM2+ chips would work in the AM2 sockets?????

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Devastator_uk   01-21-2009 at 09:02:42 PM
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Architecturally they will work together, although slightly worse perfomance than if the motherboard was also AM2+. The only 2 things to check is wattage (which is fine as the board support 125W) and the BIOS (which does not currently list you CPU http://support.asus.com/cpusupport [...] uage=en-us but could still work)

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kirvinb   01-21-2009 at 10:12:02 PM
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why dnt you jus grab a 7750

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dragonsprayer   01-22-2009 at 03:22:23 AM
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make sure you get the better south bridge if your overclocking - amd spent 2 years on that!

570 is old and hot


Message edited by dragonsprayer on 01-22-2009 at 03:23:24 AM
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johnb0118   01-31-2009 at 02:20:41 AM
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I have a M2N-E and if you want to get the full performance from the Phenom II then you need a motherboard with good support and features. You should get the M3A78-CM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131330). Asus gave it the "Corporate Stable" stamp of approval and Newegg has it rated pretty high. It will give you just about everything you would need. Believe me, the M2N-E isn't worth it if you want to upgrade your cpu. I ordered my M3A78-CM today with the new Phenom II. Plus the board only costs $73.

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Anonymous   03-06-2009 at 09:15:21 PM
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Just to try things out I stuck my new AM3 Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition into my M2N-E. It comes up as unknown AMD processor but the options for Phenom cpus are available in the bios and things seem to be stable so far, even played a couple hours of WoW. Using 1701 bios.


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Dougx1317   03-06-2009 at 09:43:36 PM
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Check your PM, MrMJS. Thanks.

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jcknouse   03-07-2009 at 02:18:18 AM
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My advice:

Email the mobo manufacturer. Ask someone if the board supports it with any BIOS updates, etc. If the tech guys say so at the mobo company, you are pretty much assured.

If not, you have written proof of their response and recourse.

Good luck with that. I am gonna try dropping a 9850 in a M2N32-SLi Deluxe Wireless probably this weekend or next.

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