AMD's New Year Refresh: Athlon II X4 635, Phenom II X2 555, Athlon II X2 255 & Athlon II X3 440

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• Eeqmcsq - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  I'm surprised AMD will release a 95W TDP X6. I hope the clock speed sacrifice isn't too bad on those.

• AmdInside - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  Dumb question but none of these processors will work on older AM2 plus motherboards?

• Taft12 - Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - link

  Pardon the yelling, but this is the only answer that matters:
  
  SEE THE SUPPORTED CPU LIST ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD'S SUPPORT PAGE
  
  Many old boards don't get BIOS updates. Some do, but you won't know until you check.

• nubie - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  It all depends on the board and manufacturer bios support.
  
  If your motherboard is recent (within 1-2 years old), or has a bios update from the manufacturer, then it will work.
  
  Apparently some older boards don't have room on the bios chip to support AM2+ or AM3 processors as well as maintain backwards compatibility, it is a shame.
  
  (I probably just have the rare board that isn't upgradeable.)

• nubie - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  Oops, you said AM2+ , but you spelled out the plus
  
  AM2+ is guaranteed to support AM3 processors.

• Rand - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  I can't imagine why they wouldn't, their predecessors all did and there is nothing in the C3 stepping Phenom II's themselves that prevent it.

• AmdInside - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  Well, I wasn't sure if these were AMD3 only or AM2/AM3 processors.

• Slaimus - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  There are no such thing as AM3-only processors. AM3 processors work in AM3 and AM2+ boards.
  
  All AM3 motherboards are AM3-only, and will not work with AM2 processors.

• Rand - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  What is the stock VCore on the X4 910e?

• pattycake0147 - Monday, January 25, 2010 - link

  The link referencing hardware C1E on page 1 is broken.