ASUS M4A785D-M Pro & Phenom II X4 970 BE

[geeky]

Hi,

I have a ASUS M4A785D-M Pro. I've checked Asus website which doesn't officially support the 970. They list up to a 965. As I understand it the 955, 965, 970, 975 etc are just higher clocks of the same chip. Will the 970 therefore work with this board? I've searched Google and all I can find is that someone asked Asus but they didn't want to be tied down to confirming that the 970 would be okay and refer back to their website.

 

[mosox]

They didn't bother to update the CPU list, it works. I don't know if they have a 140W version of that CPU but the 125W should be fine.

 

[Uther39]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS and it will work no problem.

 

[geekapproved]

But why would you want X4 970?

Just get a X4 955 and clock it up to 970 speed. It's the same cpu, just clocked slower.

Save yourself some money.

 

[geeky]

Because I can get the 970 from a friend cheaper than a 955 from a shop.

 

[popatim]

Plus if you overclock you loose cool&quiet.