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[Solved] Will AMD Phenom II X2 550 work on a M2N-E Mobo?

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xbeater   08-28-2009 at 03:39:55 PM

I am currently using a 5400 BE OC'ed to 3.2Ghz stable, but want to upgrade due to a bottleneck.

 

My choices are

 

Phenom 9500 2.2Ghz, (but figured out its not that great a buy)

 

or

 

AMD Phenom II X2 550

 

The second option supposedly will work better for gaming, + I could OC it to 3.8 ish Ghz. It also has a significantly higher cache. For gaming (which want) it is obviously the better choice.

 

On the Asus website http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=NFlvt10av3F7ayQ9 it does not show it, but I hear of people saying that it works. ( I will update my BIOS to newest version)

 

Problem, I live outside of country (middle east), and will buy in NL, but I need to be sure that it is going to work before I buy it.

 

also, I NEED to be able to OC. it is a MUST.

 

also, if phenom 9500 is better tell me, but from what i've heard its not as great for gaming to to low core clock.

 

any help would be appreciated

 

TY

 

otherwise any advice on other cpu for this mobo that would help increase performance within 100 euro (no more unfortunately thats the budget)


Message edited by xbeater on 08-28-2009 at 03:54:57 PM
------------------------------ AMD Athlon X2 2.8Ghz, Kingston 6GB DDR2-800 Ram, Asus M2N-E Mobo, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio, Sparkle GTS 250 512MB, WD 1TB HDD, CM 520 Watt PSU, Samsung P2250 21.5 FullHD LCD, Logitech G11 Keyboard, Logitech Revolution Mouse.
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It looks like your motherboard has an AM2 socket. The X2 550 is an AM3 socket, requiring an AM2+ or AM3 motherboard.

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xbeater   08-28-2009 at 04:35:41 PM

anybody?

------------------------------ AMD Athlon X2 2.8Ghz, Kingston 6GB DDR2-800 Ram, Asus M2N-E Mobo, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio, Sparkle GTS 250 512MB, WD 1TB HDD, CM 520 Watt PSU, Samsung P2250 21.5 FullHD LCD, Logitech G11 Keyboard, Logitech Revolution Mouse.
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zwierdo   08-28-2009 at 05:05:49 PM
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It looks like your motherboard has an AM2 socket. The X2 550 is an AM3 socket, requiring an AM2+ or AM3 motherboard.

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