Hi, I've tried to resolve this but its a rather awkward situation on my own but i require the help of the Tom's H community 
Okay today i was given a brand new motherboard and APU, whilst i know APU's are not meant heavy gaming it was free and i require the new features of that motherboard but sadly the motherboard will not support my current CPU (Phenom II 965BE x4 3.4Ghz)
But the APU i got is not much of a push over. Its a A8 3870K 3.0Ghz Quad Core, its 0.4Ghz slower but boasts 32nm technology over the 42nm of my current CPU. Whilst this is not about the CPU i know i may get a few comments saying the Phenom II will be faster, that i know but i need the motherboard's abilities so try to ignore that.
http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=9&type=application
This is my CPU cooler, it supports AMD Socket 754 / 939 / 840 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 - FM1 is the one im looking at. But when i look in my booklet it never says anything FM1 nor do i know how to connect this socket as of course i have no instructions.
Could you guys help me research this and get any confirmation that it supports it? Been on the official webiste its kinda a derp question but not being in my booklet confuses me, my only guess is maybe this is a 2011 APU and i think the Cooler is from 2009.
So summery:
- Do you guys think it will fit
- How could i overclock this APU? you know to improve the performance, first time Overclocker though so im a noob in that area.
- Any tutorials on FM1 CPU cooler fittings (aka how the fudge do i get this socket to play ball haha)
Cheers in advance.
Okay today i was given a brand new motherboard and APU, whilst i know APU's are not meant heavy gaming it was free and i require the new features of that motherboard but sadly the motherboard will not support my current CPU (Phenom II 965BE x4 3.4Ghz)
But the APU i got is not much of a push over. Its a A8 3870K 3.0Ghz Quad Core, its 0.4Ghz slower but boasts 32nm technology over the 42nm of my current CPU. Whilst this is not about the CPU i know i may get a few comments saying the Phenom II will be faster, that i know but i need the motherboard's abilities so try to ignore that.
http://www.xigmatek.com/product.php?productid=9&type=application
This is my CPU cooler, it supports AMD Socket 754 / 939 / 840 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 - FM1 is the one im looking at. But when i look in my booklet it never says anything FM1 nor do i know how to connect this socket as of course i have no instructions.
Could you guys help me research this and get any confirmation that it supports it? Been on the official webiste its kinda a derp question but not being in my booklet confuses me, my only guess is maybe this is a 2011 APU and i think the Cooler is from 2009.
So summery:
- Do you guys think it will fit
- How could i overclock this APU? you know to improve the performance, first time Overclocker though so im a noob in that area.
- Any tutorials on FM1 CPU cooler fittings (aka how the fudge do i get this socket to play ball haha)
Cheers in advance.
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