Will a 95 W cpu work with a 89 max mobo

[Gaius_druin]

The Specs on My MOBO say I have to use a 89 W cpu or lower. Now my thinking is its only 6 W over the 89 W recmended CPU.. can I safely use a 95 W one?

 

[o1die]

Depends on the cpu; many oem am2 boards have this limit, but you won't find an official cpu support section for them; if you try an am3 cpu on these boards, it may not work.

 

[Gaius_druin]

Best answer selected by Gaius_druin.

 

[Gaius_druin]

need more details about the hardware in question..

Thank you for trying to help, I understand you need more info about my hardware. I should have included it, my bad. Will repost the question with more detail and my hardware specs. Hope that will help. I really want to update my graphics to an after-market card to one gig...understands that I need a higher wattage PSU. Will post any pertinent information when I asked the question again.