Talk:Socket AM2+

This information needs adjustment. Many AMD AM2 chpsets do not allow AM2+ processors to work. This includes all Crossfire-supported chipsets and only allows for the most modern of the 6-Series chips to be used.


 * This incombatibility is not Socket related but manufacturer related. Several manufacturers (Sapphire is one) are not able or not willing to compile a Phenom-compatible Bios. --Denniss (talk) 11:33, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Possible typo: "AM2+ processors do not work on AM3 motherboards due to the lack of the DDR3 memory controller" I think the AM3 motherboards would be missing a DDR2 controller, not a DDR3 controller, as they are newer.
 * Memory controller is inside the CPU, not in the motherboard. --Denniss (talk) 16:27, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

AM2+ socket/motherboard
What is this article about ? The socket or the motherboard ? When this article states that the "AM3 processors work on AM2+ motherboards due to the presence of both the DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller", it's about the motherboard... If the article is only about the socket, then all you need to say is that AM3 fits into an AM2+ socket YDSL (talk) 20:36, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I suggest clarification as there seem to be several motherboards that are both AM2+/AM3 that allow for AM2 socket CPUs to be used on them, the only difference is that they support DDR2 and not DDR3 (for obvious reasons). "Some motherboards are hybrids that allow compatibility with both AM2+ and AM3, but to maintain this backwards compatibility are only DDR2. Physical compatibility is that of AM2+ but are fully AM3 compatible." Thraxarious (talk) 23:16, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


 * It would be fairly pointless to have an article about the socket itself and ignore the motherboards (or processors) associated with it. Compatibility between socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 products is a significant point of interest, and goes beyond the socket itself.


 * While I'm here I will comment on the edit that you have been in conflict with Denniss over (on a related topic): the provided Tom's Hardware reference indicates that AM2+ processors physically will not fit in an AM3 socket. The Jetway board (MA3-79GDG COMBO) that you cite is not an AM3 product for the simple fact that it does not use an AM3 socket, and the Jetway product page and manual both describe it as an AM2+ product.  The support for DDR3 memory (which, in contrast to Denniss's edit summary, appears to be accessible to the CPU and is distinct from the 128 MB of soldered-in DDR3 sideport memory) makes the board a novelty, but not an AM3 product.


 * The article should perhaps point to the physical incompatibility rather than the memory difference, but it was right to state that AM2+ processors will not work in AM3 motherboards. — Aluvus  t/c 02:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, you guys will have to prove me that a classic AM2+ CPU like the famous "X4 940 Black Edition" will work in the Jetway board with DDR3 RAM. I just can't believe it's true, because it sounds so unreal. -andy 77.190.55.72 (talk) 13:08, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

This line must have come from an opinionated geek: "As a result, some consumers are unable to upgrade their PCs with AM2+ CPUs despite this being technically possible, and are instead forced to buy a new PC to upgrade the processor." You don't "upgrade" a processor by replacing the PC. How stupid could he/she be? Just as a reminder, personal bias must be out. Talk about things plainly without assumptions positive or negative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.239.227.143 (talk) 02:18, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

One should insert the release date for the AM2+ specification and/or the first motherboard shipped with AM2+. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.150.130.114 (talk) 09:50, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Deadlink fix
Fixed the deadlink (Ref. 1) by replacing it with the web.archive.org link. I didn't link to the same page on MSI's new website because it doesn't state at all which processors in the table are for which socket.

(Web archive link vs. Link to MSI's current/new page)

--84.62.131.243 (talk) 17:45, 24 September 2011 (UTC)