PEGATRON (Asus) M2N68-LA, upgrade CPU to quadcore???

https://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=uk&dlc=...

According to this, you can upgrade to a Phenom II X4 CPU that is 95w. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT BUY BLACK EDITION CHIPS! That will almost guarantee it is 125w.

Any of the Phenom II x4 specific (925,945,800...)? Also where would i get the best deal for one? thanks for your help!

Phenom II X4 955/945/940 etc, but they MUST have the "95w" labeling or it's a dead give away they're black edition chips  

However, since the Phenom II's are discontinued now, it may be hard to find on newegg, amazon, and the like.

I too am in the same boat here, with (I think) the same motherboard.

The Pegatron M2N68-LA (Narra5) GL6 is an AM2 board, which supports AM2+ and therefore TDP's of no higher than 95watts.

I was looking at the 925 which would fit all the bills apart from the fact it's an AM3, which without a Bios update, wouldn't work. I think that all models beyond the 925 are 125 Watts or higher, therefore the 925 is probably the highest Phenom ii you could upgrade too.

I'm considering upgrading my CPU which is a Phenom i x4 9650, and I don't quite know if there are any bios updates for the board to allow AM3's.

Does anyone know if there are Phenom ii's that are AM2+ at 95 watts that would be worth upgrading from a 9650?

You can use AM3 CPU's inside AM2+ boards   The Phenom II's all have DDR3 and DDR2 memory controllers so you're pretty much set there.

Also on the high end of the Phenoms, there are two versions - Black Edition and Normal. You can tell which is which by looking at the TDP of the CPU. ALL Black Edition chips will have a TDP of 125w, they will sometimes have a non-BE which has a TDP of 95w.

The Phenom II X4 955 is a great example, the BE is 125w, normal is 95w  

The motherboards socket is an AM2, and the CPU I have right now is an AM2+, I don't think AM3's fit in AM2's unless I'm (hopefully) wrong  

It would be a rather pleasant upgrade to a 925/955.

In that case you're out of luck   AM3 CPU's->AM2 socket = No go.

thanks everyone for the info. I found one on ebay that could possibly work:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-AMD-Phenom-II-X4-B93-CPU-Pr...

it says that this cpu is a phenom ii x4 B93 'same as 925 quad core' ...what is the difference in the business class phenom? Is it just as good as the 925? also, still not clear if a AM3 cpu will fit into a AM2+ socket.