Am2 9950 Black Edition in Am3 motherboard

[ghostconn]

I was wondering if I were to upgrade my motherboard to a am3. Will my amd2 9950 black edition work? or would i have to buy a new cpu

 

[rolli59]

AM2+ CPU's will not work in AM3 boards because they have only DDR2 memory controller and AM3 boards are for DDR3 ram.