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are am1 and am3 compatable

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can u use a amd am3 cpu chipset with an am1 motherboard?

 

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no

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not sure if troll or stupid.

 

Answer: No (pretty obvious, they are 2 DIFFERENT socket types (different amount of pins), the name should give you that hint -.-)

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no, but am3 and am3+ are however(if not mistaken)

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If they were the same, wouldn't they have the same name?

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AM3+ is backwards compatible with all the way down to am2 but not the other way around

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