AM3 Board take DDR2?

[octopus41092]

Motherboard in question is ASUS M4A78T-E. Going to be pairing it with a Phenom II X4 955. Would I need to switch to DDR3 or would I be able to keep the DDR2 I have right now.

 

[farscape]

ddr3 only

 

[taltamir]

Originally posted by: octopus41092
Motherboard in question is ASUS M4A78T-E. Going to be pairing it with a Phenom II X4 955. Would I need to switch to DDR3 or would I be able to keep the DDR2 I have right now.

if you want DDR2, you can put that exact same phenom in an AM2+ mobo. (which can even run the same chipset as that asus mobo)

 

[octopus41092]

Whats the performance difference if I were to run that CPU with an AM2 board?

 

[Sylvanas]

Originally posted by: octopus41092
Whats the performance difference if I were to run that CPU with an AM2 board?

Negligible. Checkout my 955 overclocking adventure the difference between DDR2/3 is not enough to justify a new purchase (if you already have perfectly good existing DDR2) as you can see DDR2 performance is excellent even with bargain bin ram.

 

[jhansman]

The Asrock A780GHX/128M will take an AM3 chip and DDR2 RAM. I know because I am typing on one right now. The specs for this board say AM2/2+, but my CPU disagrees.

 

[apoppin]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128387
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

i just got this Gigabyte for my 550 x2 that i am going to attempt to unlock to 4 cores
- it is DDR2; which chipset is this ?


i am guessing that there is not much difference if i ran with DDR3 over DDR2

 

[jhansman]

Originally posted by: apoppin
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128387
GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

i just got this Gigabyte for my 550 x2 that i am going to attempt to unlock to 4 cores
- it is DDR2; which chipset is this ?


i am guessing that there is not much difference if i ran with DDR3 over DDR2

Says right on the specs tab of your link the NB is 790X, SB is SB750.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: jhansman
The Asrock A780GHX/128M will take an AM3 chip and DDR2 RAM. I know because I am typing on one right now. The specs for this board say AM2/2+, but my CPU disagrees.

Most AM2+ boards support AM3 CPUs.