AntiThought Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 So I was looking at Karine's post about her issues with running Black Ops. But one thing about her PC has me baffled and I did not want to hijack her thread so here I am. Can anyone explain to me why the specs say it has a AM2+ socket but comes with a AMD Sempron 140 which uses an AM3 socket? PC specs: http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=4162194&prodTypeId=12454&objectID=c02153185 CPU specs: http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/sempron/Pages/AMD-sempron-processor-product-comparison.aspx How did they cram an AM3 CPU into a AM2+ socket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveMagic Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM2%2B "AM3 processors work on AM2+ motherboards due to the presence of both the DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller AM2+ processors do not work on AM3 motherboards due to the processor's lack of a DDR3 memory controller" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiThought Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 So you are telling me I could stick a AM3 CPU on my AM2+ mobo with no ill effects? What about the extra pin on the CPU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveMagic Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 According to wikipedia and google you can. I personally have no clue, so your guess is as good as mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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