I am thinking about building a new system with an AM3 socket CPU and every board I look at is DDR3. Are boards backwards compatible with DDR2 it may be a newb question but I been out the loop for a while and ain't built a system in about 4 years now. My last system was also an intel I ain't touched an AMD in about 8 years lol.
Because AM3 motherboards are DDR3 only. You can use an AM3 CPU in an AM2+ motherboard though which uses DDR2.
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vhero (17-02-2010)
DDR2 and DDR3 aren't compatible - it's one or the other unless you get a weird board with both DDR2 and DDR3 slots.Originally Posted by vhero
If you wanted DDR2, you'd want an AM2+ motherboard rather than AM3. The processors are effectively the same, it's the RAM and the memory controllers that differ.
vhero (17-02-2010)
thanks to both didn't realise about AM2+ boards the advice really helped will get an am2+ board so I can use my spare memory in the new system saving a bit of cash
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