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AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition AM2+

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Hi, I currently have an ECS GF8100VM-M5 NVIDIA nForce720a AM2+ motherboard, I was wondering what is the best possible AM2+ CPU I can put on this motherboard, it is currently using an AMD Phenom 9500+ AM2+ CPU.

I can find an AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition AM2+ CPU which looks pretty good, its clocked at 3ghz however I wanted to firstly make sure its compatible with my motherboard, and secondly is it the best possible upgrade for this socket type.

How considerable would be the performance increase?

I'm using Hyper X DDR2 1066, ATI HD4870.


Benchmark estimates would be good!

Thanks ocuk
 
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I'm afraid looking at the list that the 940 is not listed as compatible.

To answer your question the best processor which is supported is:

AMD Phenom™ II Quad-Core 945 (C2) (95W) 3000 MHz (512KB X 4,4000,Socket AM3)

Be careful as some of the 945s are 125W which is not supported on your motherboard.

Although its AM3 it will work fine provided the Bios is upgraded before install.
 
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Hi seldNofSparta,

I think you need the new BIOS for GF8100VM-M5 (V1.0).It's Release Date is

2009/09/24

You can see the Release Reason:
1.Support new cpu:Athlon 64x2 5000+ (C2 45nm),
Phenom II 945/925 (C3) (95W)
2.Add new item to define four modes of SMART fan speed

So I think your choose is right.Phenom II 945(C3) (95W).

Here is the download link for you.

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Do...ios&DetailDesc=&CategoryID=1&MenuID=6&LanID=0
 
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