Motherboard Compatibility with CPU

[glenmeyers]

Hi,

I just have a question here. I'm wondering whether this motherboard Theitdepot - Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P 8GB DDR2 AMD Motherboard would support my AMD ATHLON 64 X2 5000+ CPU (which is a AM2+ processor) because if you look at the specifications on this it says that its AM3/AM2+/AM2 compatible and I'm not so sure. When I checked the official gigabyte website this motherboard is not even listed.

Thanks.
Glen.

[ShyguyXPC]

Either the boards picture is the wrong picture, or the board is listed as the wrong model, or it could be a region specific model designation, but from the pictures on the Gigabyte main site this is the same board pictured on the site your looking at getting it from:

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM3 - GA-M68MT-D3 (rev. 2.3)


(PCI/PCIE slots match up in the pic)

In any case, ALL of those boards of the GA-M68MT-xxx series are AM2, AM2+ & AM3 compatible.

Its possible the board they have sold there is an older Revision no longer made, but it should still support AM2+ if it support an AM3 socket CPU.

[glenmeyers]

thanks for the reply shyguy. That puts me to ease a bit. Now I just hope that these guys have the board in stock or else I will have to buy a whole new PC.

Glen.