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Does processor wattage (95w and 125w) affect the motherboard?

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chautrongduc

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Hi all,
I currently have a MSI ms-7597 ver 1.2, as i hang around the MSI specs site, I found out that this board support maximum 95w processor (AMD phenom ii V6 1065T) : http://www.msi.com/support/mb/GF615MP33_v1.2FOR_EUP.html#support-cpu
*GF615M-P33 V1.2 is the same version as my board.

However there is a later version of this phenom ii V6 processor which uses 125 w (phenom ii V6 1055T and 1090T) http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/processors/desktop/phenom-ii

Will this effect the board at all? can i still use the 125 w one?
 
Generally the mobo controls how much power it will give the CPU and not the other way around,so your mobo is pretty safe,the thing is that a 125W cpu will most probably not work on only 95w,if your bios has the settings to overclock then you can, beforehand, manual set it to run on the timings of a 95W CPU,basically undervolting/underclocking.
But I guess this defies the whole purpose of getting a faster CPU in the first place.
 
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