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Question about old school CPUs

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Hello all.

 

So I have a really old PC with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+, which is a 939 socket. I've seen on the internet that even though it is a 939 socket, it can be upgraded with an AM2 CPU. I've also seen others that have said that this is BS and are not compatible.

 

So my question is: "Is 939 actually compatible with AM2, or is someone smoking good stuff? Who is right???"

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Let's make it clear once and for all, you can't put an AM2 CPU in a Socket 939 motherboard!

 

If anyone thinks you can, they probably didn't do five seconds of research:

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This is from a Wikipedia article.

Athlon X2 for only 27.31$   Best part lists at different price points   Windows 1.01 running natively on an Eee PC

My rig:

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Celeronator (new main rig)

CPU: Intel Celeron (duh) N2840 2.16GHz Dual Core

RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz

HDD: Seagate 500GB

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Series

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Frankenhertz (ex main rig)

CPU: Intel Atom N2600 1.6GHz Dual Core

RAM: 1GB DDR3-800

HDD: HGST 320GB

GPU: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600

 

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