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clayed21085   11-04-2009 at 05:47:53 AM

To elaborate more, phenom quad core up to 95 watt or amd anthlon up to 85 watt, amd2+ socket. What's my best option for gaming?

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Bronze CPUs badge hunter315   11-04-2009 at 05:53:09 AM

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All three of those will work in an AM2+ socket, the 945 will be the strongest of the bunch, but the 925 and 620 provide more budget concious options if you are tight on cash. There is minimal difference between a PII and an Athlon II at the same clock speed. so the 630 is likely a better choice than the 925.

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clayed21085   11-04-2009 at 07:47:51 AM

I didn't know you could use an am3 cpu in am2+ socket, I thought there would be an compatibility issue. with most of these cpu's is there any additional jumper settings or bios tweaks I need to know about after physical installation?

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Nick_C   11-04-2009 at 06:13:09 PM

I just put an Athlon II X4 620 (AM3 CPU) in a Giga-Byte GA-MA78GM-S2H (AM2+ board, BIOS updated to most recent) and it works like a charm - well apart from having to manually set the CPU multiplier because it defaulted to 4 rather than 13....


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Nick_C   11-04-2009 at 06:15:03 PM

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