AM2 & s939
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rsvmilly

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11,288 posts

272 months

Thursday 11th January 2007
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Anyone know if the AMD AM2 and socket 939 processors are interchangeable?

mr_yogi

3,288 posts

286 months

Thursday 11th January 2007
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As far as i am aware they are not. Socket AM2 has support for the faster rate DDR2 RAM modules.
S939 CPU's only have DDR memory controllers where as AM2 CPU's have the DDR2 Memory controllers.


Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 11th January 12:17

rsvmilly

Original Poster:

11,288 posts

272 months

Thursday 11th January 2007
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mr_yogi said:
As far as i am aware they are not. Socket AM2 has support for the faster rate DDR2 RAM modules.
S939 CPU's only have DDR memory controllers where as AM2 CPU's have the DDR2 Memory controllers.


Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 11th January 12:17
Thanks. That confirms my suspicions.

That Daddy

19,462 posts

252 months

Thursday 11th January 2007
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def not,RSV,socket 939 uses ddr memory ,AM2 uses ddr2 memory,hope this helps.