[RndTbl] CPU upgrade

[Robert Dyck]

If you're looking for a retail store: Corey's Computing. They currently have
a Sempron and Athlon 1640 on clearance, both socket AM2. The title in their
index lists the Athlon as AM2, but the detail page says AM3. I checked AMD's
website, the LE-1640 is actually AM2.
 
http://www.coreyscomputing.com/clearance/processors.html
 
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon/Pages/AMD-athlon-pr
ocessor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx
 
Their current AMD processors appear to be AM3.
 
http://www.coreyscomputing.com/processors.html
 
Rob Dyck

-----Original Message-----
From: roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces at muug.mb.ca]
On Behalf Of Kevin McGregor
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 3:33 PM
To: MUUG Roundtable
Subject: [RndTbl] CPU upgrade


Does anyone know if/where I can get a AMD AM2 CPU such as a Athlon X2 5800+?
The AM3 CPUs are socket-compatible, but I'm not confident about the BIOS
support. 

Any thoughts?

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