AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ in older Gateway GT5802 which socket?

[Grimace]

Helping a friend upgrade to new mobo, and case with his old pc parts. I have found 2 different sockets listed for the cpu AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
which one is it?

 

[PottedMeat]

Are you sure about "Gateway GT5802" - Google doesn't seem to say anything about that.

Socket 939 is older than Socket AM2 but the two are not interchangeable so you've gotta be sure about which one you need.

 

[Grimace]

sorry guys, i ended up going to gateways site and entering the serial number to get detailed info. it is a socket 939

 

[cusideabelincoln]

You could have differentiated by the RAM. 939 uses DDR, AM2 uses DDR2.