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Are AMD FX Chips Backwards compatible with AM2+ Boards?

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Are AMD FX Chips Backwards compatible with AM2+ Boards? I have a very late AM2+ ASUS M4A785D-M PRO motherboard produced in 2010. I can't find information on the web, it just says AM3+ compatible, but i know AM3 CPUs are compatible with AM2+ motherboards.

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Nashsafc wrote :

Are AMD FX Chips Backwards compatible with AM2+ Boards? I have a very late AM2+ ASUS M4A785D-M PRO motherboard produced in 2010. I can't find information on the web, it just says AM3+ compatible, but i know AM3 CPUs are compatible with AM2+ motherboards.



I suppose it doesn't even matter anyway there's not much of an increase from Phenom ii x4 if it's just gaming.

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No. FX chips aren't even compatible with AM3 boards. Just AM3+.

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