Report: AMD to Replace FM1 with FM2, AM3 with AM3+ in 2014
AMD will be phasing out its FM1 and AM3 sockets in April 2013 with the aim of replacing the socket types by 2014.
DigiTimes has reported that,according to "sources from motherboard players," AMD will be gradually phasing out CPUs using FM1 and AM3 sockets in April and aims to step the socket types out of the market in Q2 (FM1) and Q3 (AM3) 2013.
Consequently, the company's 2014 lineup is expected to be based on the AM3+ socket for the high-end FX series and the FM2 socket for mainstream processors. The former socket supports AMD's HyperTransport 3.1, DDR3 memory clocked at up to 2,133 MHz and is currently featured on a number of processors including the octa-corre FX-8350 / 8320 and the hexa-core FX-6350 / 6300.
According to AMD's latest plans, the FX 8320, 6300 and 4300 will see price cuts of $14 to $20 in Q2 2013, and the FM2-based quad-core 5600K and 5500 will drop by $10.
There are rumors of an FM3/DDR4, with the next-gen Kaveri APU having a DDR3/DDR4 UNB.
doubt they would replace amd3+ next year as well. asus at CES announced a pci-e 3 990fx sabertooth board. and it would be at least 2014 before AMD launches steamroller
I suspect this would be the official declaration of *EOL*
It's news because now it's official that AMD will phase those older sockets out. Better for them imo. Time to limit the life of sockets to 2 years max and keep on improving their CPUs to compete with Intel instead of losing money to their own cheap, used to be good CPUs that still suck power like no one's business.
therefore you end up throwing away your am3 board
not necessarily, because pci-e 3.0 doesn't really have a big noticeable improvement worth upgrading a motherboard. so far pci-e 3.0 hasn't really given me any reason to upgrade. The performance difference is like 3-5fps on most games, and while running crossfireX i don't see any improvement at all. Unless games utilize the string for 3.0 which none have, it's pretty much pointless.
it would be nice if you knew your facts first. I don't own an am3 board I still have an am2+ board with a amd phenom II processor.
it would be nice if you knew your facts first. I don't own an am3 board I still have an am2+ board with a amd phenom II processor.
yep. you still have to get a new board for the newer chips. ddr2 is limited by the fact that its basically discontinued and the fact that they dont make high density modules. and the odds of a maunfacturer putting out a update for steamroller on a board that was originally designed for athlon 64 x2 is almost zero
AMD is doing stupid things.
In other words, you have to look beyond how many years a Socket has been in service, and look at whether or not it actually supports chips released later.