octa core support

[Piewack]

hallo,

i would want to know if my pc can support a octacore amd processor.
can you maybe help me find out?

i want to buy:
AMD FX-8120 Black Edition, sAM3+
3.10GHz,Octa-Core,16MB,125W


my motherboard:
asus M4a3000E

it holds the same socket.

at the moment i have a dual core amd phenom II 550 64 bit processor.

thanks for reading.

goodbye

 

[melikepie]

According to here, no. I'd suggest to get a 1090T, or a 1100T. All of those AMD 8 core processors aren't as fast as they market them to be, so I wouldn't hold back on buying a 6 core.

 

[8350rocks]

That board is not compatible...

If you want an 8 core FX8XXX series processor, buy a 970 series chipset MoBo for about $75-90

If you cannot afford/do not want to replace your MoBo, either get a Phenom II X4 965 BE or a Phenom II X6 1055/1060/1100 BE

 

[darkspartenwarrior]

Get a 965 Black Edition Phenom instead, the FX is not supported, besides the 965 is just as fast or even faster than any FX in most scenarios.

If you can find a 1100T or 1xxx series get it, but they are getting more and more rare these days(ebay only really)

 

[darkspartenwarrior]

Get a 945 Black Edition Phenom instead, the FX is not supported, besides the 965 is just as fast or even faster than any FX in most scenarios.

Also to anyone reccomending a 1xxx series they are not compatible, most OEM boards are 95w only, the 965 and 1100t/1045t/1090t are 125w CPUs.

 

[Piewack]

so i have to gat a hexa or quad core but nog higher than 95 watts?

thanks for the fast reply.

 

[Piewack]

i have a few others i can buy will this one do?

AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition FX-4100 95 watts

thanks for reading

 

[8350rocks]

If you want to do the FX4100 that's fine too...the FX4300 also fits the 95W parameters...

 

[darkspartenwarrior]

Even a 4100 is not sure as it is not certain an updated BIOS of the AM3 Socket supports it for your particular board.

 

[melikepie]

The motherboard DOESN'T support AM3+ processors because it has an AM3 socket.