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What is a AMD K7, K8 Processor?

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dtp4life

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I was wondering what some technical sites mean when they say "this is compatabile with the K7 and K8 AMD processors".

What do they mean ? What processors?
 
Originally the AMD processors were called K1 through K6. Like the K6-III.
This was a reference to the x86 names of intel chips.
Just like when intel started to call their 586 a 'pentium', AMD called their K7 an 'Athlon'
I believe K8 refers to the A64 chips. But I could be smoking some bad weed too.
 
I have the AMD 64 FX 55, I want to get a CPU cooling system, and it says that it is compatible with K8 AMD processors.

Will this product work on my machine then?
 
Originally posted by: dtp4life
I have the AMD 64 FX 55, I want to get a CPU cooling system, and it says that it is compatible with K8 AMD processors.

Will this product work on my machine then?
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The stock hsf retention device is the same for all K8 chips (as designed by AMD) and usually comes with the motherboard. If a certain cooler uses a different method of mounting it will probably come with it's own in the kit.
 
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