Can I replace my AMD athlon x2 4800 with a Phenom X3 processor?

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2011/12/25 12:11:04 (permalink)

Can I replace my AMD athlon x2 4800 with a Phenom X3 processor?

  I just read in a back issue of Sound on Sound that AMD Phenom X3 processors are socket-compatible with the athlon X2. My Gateway is fitted with an Athlon x2 4800, and it seems like an upgrade to an X3 is a pretty cheap way (at about $160) to get more grunt into the machine. Can someone more technically sophisticated than me please advise? I consider this, if it works, to be my last upgrade. This desktop machine is perfectly capable of handling most of what I throw at it, and extending its life for a couple of years seems like reasonable value for money. Thanks, Lightninrick

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    lightninrick
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    Re:Can I replace my AMD athlon x2 4800 with a Phenom X3 processor? 2011/12/26 13:43:29 (permalink)
      Should have mentioned that my CPU is a socket 939. Various searches show little to no availablity for AMD x2 CPUs with this socket; and it appears that the x3 CPUs are socket AM2. So I think the question is answered.

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    Re:Can I replace my AMD athlon x2 4800 with a Phenom X3 processor? 2011/12/26 15:44:28 (permalink)
    FWIW, Whenever there's a significant achitecture change... that means a new motherboard. 
    The positive side is that the power we get (for the money spent) is just incredible.
    Today's $300 CPU is a whole lot better than a $300 CPU five years ago.

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    Re:Can I replace my AMD athlon x2 4800 with a Phenom X3 processor? 2011/12/27 10:52:43 (permalink)
      I have never replaced a motherboard in one of my computers. Is that a complex job, and are there any other inter-relationships I need to watch out for (e.g. when you replace the motherboard you also have to replace X, Y, Z...)? Thanks and Happy New Year, LR

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