Cpu support

[Guest]

will the new am3 cpu AMD Sempron 140 Sargas SDX140HBGQBOX work in this older mobo GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2. its not in the cpu list but the cpu is like less than a month old to so.

 

[amdfangirl]

It should work since the mobo supports AMD Phenom. the Sempron is just like a cut-up Phenom II, so I'd suppose so.

 

[noollig]

It's actually just an Athlon II X2 with one core disabled. It's an AM3 compatible board so it should work just fine. You might need a bios update but I doubt you'd even need that.

 

[amdfangirl]

I'm just saying it's based on the Phenom II arch.

 

[noollig]

yeah that's true, just no L3 cache. I'm not sure if this board has ACC, but I've read people with a 785G chipset board and other ACC capable boards have successfully unlocked the 2nd core, effectively giving them a 2.7ghz Athlon II X2. Not bad for $40.

 

[amdfangirl]

785G = SB 710

780G = SB 700/710

SB710 = ACC