The Asus M4A79 Deluxe is the first Socket AM2+ motherboard we’ve seen that is intended to accommodate both existing Socket AM2+ and upcoming Socket AM3 Phenom processors.
You see, Socket AM2+ Athlon X2 and Phenom processors have 940 pins and their integrated memory controllers can support up to DDR2-1066MHz RAM. Meanwhile, the the new Socket AM3 CPUs use 938 pins and are pin-compatible (i.e. they fit) with AM2+ sockets. They also have memory controllers that support both DDR2-1066MHz and DDR3-1333MHz system memory. The result is you should, in theory, be able to use the new AM3 CPUs in existing AM2+ motherboards, just with the limitation that you’ll only be able to use the DDR2 memory that these older motherboards support. Oh, and you’ll almost certianly need to update your motherboard’s BIOS.
Asus M4A79 Deluxe (1)
Asus M4A79 Deluxe (2)
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