Is my motherboard ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 supports AMD A-Series APU?

[Peter Jackson]

I'm planning to build a low budget gaming pc. So my question is, Is my motherboard ASUS M5A78L-M LX3 supports AMD A-Series APU? Like the AMD A8-7600 processor.

Here's the specs of my motherboard(ASUS M5A78L-M LX3). I just want to make sure if it would support the AMD A-Series Processors.

CPU
AMD AM3+ FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
Supports CPU up to 95 W
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology

Chipset
AMD 760G (780L)/SB710

Memory
2 x DIMM, Max. 16GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz ECC, Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
* Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).
* Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Install a 64-bit Windows® OS when you want to install 4GB or more memory on the motherboard.
* AMD FX Series CPU on this motherboard supports up to DDR3 1866MHz as its standard memory frequency.
* Due to CPU spec., AMD AM3 CPUs on this motherboard support up to DDR3 1333MHz.

System Bus
Up to 5.2 GT/s HyperTransport™ 3

Graphic
Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU
VGA output support : RGB port
- Supports RGB with max. resolution 2560 x 1440 @ 75 Hz
Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB
Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support *1
Supports DirectX 10

Thanks

 

[Valantar]

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Sorry, but no. Your motherboard is a socket AM3 board, made for AMD FX series CPUs and the like. A-series APUs use the FM2+ socket. They are not compatible. You can either get a cheap CPU for your socket plus a GPU, or a new motherboard and use an APU.