• Is this Processor Compatible with my motherboard?
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*UPDATE* Alrighty then, I managed to get my computer working once more after finding out the processor I bought last week wasn't compatible with my motherboard. Thus, I sent it back and New Egg was nice enough to give me a refund. Now, I have that refund and don't want to make the same mistake. I have done my research but I want to ask the people of Facepunch's Hardware and Software for their opinions. Okay, I found out that I was looking at the wrong section on the CPU support list on the Motherboard's page. If it says N/A on the side it means it is not supported. Thank god I didn't buy the one I was looking at, anyways. This thread is now for suggesting a new CPU then, since I need one. I will edit this post with any I have found and it'd be nice if any of you out there could take a look. My Processor: [url]http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2287#[/url] I have a 700 Watt power supply which should be fine with what I'm going for. I might as well also state that this is quite the upgrade from my processor I have now which is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+. Anyways, I guess that's enough information for now. Ask if you need more.
It should
Go for the Phenom II X4 955 95W.
Here's the thing, on New Egg I can't find the 95 Watt version. I've been looking at this [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=Phenom_II_X4_955-_-19-103-808-_-Product[/url] Yet, It says it is not compatible sadly.
Why isn't it compatible?
[QUOTE=mrpatel;27222192]Why isn't it compatible?[/QUOTE] Because his motherboard only supports 95W CPUs, not 125W.
Alright, here's the deal. I'm done with looking for a new processor for this motherboard. I'm just going to get a new one and start off new. I'm also going to get a new processor as well but want to keep all of my other things. Such as my memory. Now, I guess I'll be going off on my own to do some research. Thanks anyways.
To be honest unless you want to go AM2/AM2+/AM3 you won't be able to keep DDR2 RAM
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