Talk:Socket AM3

message: Yes it is real cryptic. Look at this sentence: "The AM3 socket has 941 pin contacts[1] while current AM3 processors have only 938 pins." AM3 socket is incompatible with AM3 processor?!?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.236.66.73 (talk) 19:31, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

message: According to http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3169 The info on this page regarding backwards-compatability is, well, backwards.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.102.246 (talk) 00:12, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting info 

message: Before someone decides to revert this back to 938 contacts and change back why AM2 processors cannot fit into AM3 sockets, please look into these pictures http://www.tweaktown.com/news/10928/first_look_at_asrock_s_am3_based_m3a790gxh_128m/index.html . Click on them for a bigger view. That's definitely 941 contacts. My previous source, which was from a sample board was nullified, so I'll give you a RETAIL board as the source. Thank you.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.48.106.62 (talk) 16:37, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is about the Socket. The socket has 941 contacts. It doesn't matter how many contacts/pins the CPU have. --Denniss (talk) 10:27, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  941 socket contacts 

message: It's a bit complicated. I cannot use my Phenom II X2 940 BE on an AM3 board. It's a matter of mechanical limitation, since the pins do not match. Try it out! (I'm not responsible for your hardware though :)) What you guys mean is not that "Phenom II works with AM3 chipsets only" (which is untrue, since AM2+ supports them perfectly) but it's the MODELS that matter. My local dealer called the guy a weirdo who returned his X2 940 BE to him "just because of the point-something megahertz. NOPE !! It's not that. He wanted to use an AM3 board, but couldn't because the 940 did not fit in. -andy 217.50.59.176 (talk) 14:04, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not surprising because the 940 is one of the few AM2+ Phenom II Cpu. --Denniss (talk) 16:39, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not surprising for YOU, but please consider there might also be less tech-savvy people. OK, so be it. Let's not get into argument about this detail stuff. What I now did was SIMPLY append the "models" so that it reads "AM3 models only", since it's just much clearer that way. I hope you won't go reverting that too now. HAND. -andy 217.50.59.176 (talk) 18:50, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not "AM3 only" but "AM3 models only" !! 

message: Does anyone have any information on the new AM3+ or AM3R2 motherboard requirements necessary to accomodate AMD's next generation chips (Bulldozer and/or Bobcat) announced on Tuesday, August 24th? See link http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-x86-innovation-new-core-designs-2010aug24.aspx   According to the press release a new CPU socket maybe needed ... implication only as taken from this post on forums http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=137898&start=25  Details would be appreciated.  One has to expect that Motherboard manufacturers need to know at the least the pin design and some specific system criteria before they develope the underlying hardware to support this new series of chips?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.14.141.91 (talk) 17:06, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mobo requirements necessary to accomodate Bulldozer/Bobcat? 

message: Questions:
* AM3 CPU in an AM3+ socket
* Can A AM3 CPU Work In A AM3+ Socket?
The same questions are of course valid for other CPU-Socket/Mainboard-Socket-combinations. The article doesn even try to answer this, instead there is talk about this or that manufacturer.  See for yourselves: []. IMHO a simple list would be more prudent, e.g.:
* all/most/no AM2-CPUs work in AM3-Sockets
* all/most/no AM2+-CPUs work in AM3-Sockets
* all/most/no AM3+-CPUs work in AM3-Sockets
* all/most/no AM3-CPUs work in AM2-Sockets
* all/most/no AM3-CPUs work in AM2+-Sockets
* all/most/no AM3-CPUs work in AM3+-Sockets. 
References are of course a must. 77.3.138.210 (talk) 15:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compatibility 

message: why doesn't anyone ever put the actual size of the socket as measured in cm or inches?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.179.15.45 (talk) 00:01, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  size 

message: do they have a physical size that could be measured and added to the description?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.179.15.45 (talk) 00:24, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  SIZE