Am2 vs am3 socket

[pmcalcutta]

If I put Athlon II X2 240 (Socket AM3)in ASUS's M3A78-EM (Socket AM2 /AM) will that match ? Please help. Thanks in advance.

 

[Devastator_uk]

It should work fine.

 

[bige420]

It should work. Its not on that motherboard's cpu support list (see link), but all the Phenom II's are on there so you shouldnt have a problem. Be sure to update to the latest bios.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=KjpYqzmAd9vsTM2D