AM3+ motherboards list (NO WISHING, TROLLING, SPECULATING, OR AM3, please)

[Mats]

I'm trying to make a list here, not an eternal argument.

55 models so far.

Green: BIOS update.
Blue: new model, old NB.
Red: 900-series NB.



Please post a link when you find more models!

ASRock

8 new models: http://www.asrock.com/mb/index.asp?s=AM3

http://www.asrock.com/news/events/2011AM3+/


Asus

6 of the current models can use Bulldozer after a BIOS upgrade, 11 new models: http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/AM3_PLUS_Ready/


Gigabyte

16 new models (or revisions?): http://gigabyte.com/products/list.as...id=10&p=2&v=26


MSI

14 of the current models can use Bulldozer after a BIOS upgrade: http://event.msi.com/mb/am3+/

MSI Big Bang Conqueror 990FX AM3+: http://hardwareblog.dk/2011/01/msi-b...990fx-am3-plu/

[~CS~]

Gigabyte boards look good,I like that they are using high quality mosfets,almost everywhere on the boards.


Asrock looks like Asrock. :p

[SpuTnicK]

thanks

[Mads321]

Well, I don't think it's official yet, but:

MSI Big Bang Conqueror 990FX AM3+
(site has google translator on right hand side): http://hardwareblog.dk/2011/01/msi-b...990fx-am3-plu/

[Mats]

Tack Mads! I forgot about that board..

[possessed]

That msi looks nice.
Can we expect to see some uefi loaded boards?

[Mats]

Can we expect to see some uefi loaded boards?

Most likely yes, given that some of the E-350 boards have UEFI.
On the other hand, not all of them have it, even though they're brand new designs.

Since many AM3+ boards only have minor differences compared to older models, it wouldn't surprise me if some of them will use a traditional BIOS.

[cezar]

Can we expect to see some uefi loaded boards?

All Asrocks mentioned in the 1st post are UEFI boards

[Darakian]

any word on dates?

[hazardous]

digging that MSI board. Looking for something in red for a build though...come on asus!

[saaya]

So what's the difference between am3 and am3+ boards?

[XRL8]

Besides a hole and socket color, no one knows.Its a secret.

[FlanK3r]

941/942 pins. One pin is for ... . Diferents between chipset 800 nad 900 with Zambezi working-I dont know ..Maybe some P State or Turbo state.

[Oliverda]

So what's the difference between am3 and am3+ boards?

New VRM revision for TurboCore 2.0 and power management. .

[EniGmA1987]

Cause we definitely needed a new socket with a whole extra pin just for that...

[nex_73]

Asus apperantly just dropped a bomb
I'm soo happy right now =)

[Hornet331]

How do they want to support am3+ cpus when they only have an am3 socket?

[FlanK3r]

yes, its bulls*t. AM3 white socket can not pinable with 942 AM3+ CPU! Its possible only new revision Cross IV board with black AM3+ socket, thats all.

[DarthShader]

Cause we definitely needed a new socket with a whole extra pin just for that...

Actualy, yes, BD's need a new socket just for that.

Asus apperantly just dropped a bomb
I'm soo happy right now =)

That was already debunked a week or two ago.

[nex_73]

That was already debunked a week or two ago.

Source? a week or two ago are different time than today

ASUS, the worldwide leader in motherboard design and sales, today announced the release of the industry's first AM3+ CPU enabled motherboard solution based on the existing AMD 8-Series Chipsets. Current owners of an AM3-based board* can make their AMD 8-Series motherboards compatible with the latest AM3+ CPUs with a simple BIOS** update from the official ASUS website.

And yes, Asus have put new bioses up on their ftp (3012 for the CH IV F)

[Hornet331]

No thats physically not possible.... the only way how this would be possible is, that asus already ship all there boards with a AM3+ socket and am3+ vmr specs...

[=SOC= Admiral]

Nex here is why it is debunked. Socket AM2+ has 1 more pin than AM3 so that you cant use AM2 CPUs in the socket because they don't have the DDR3 controller. Denab and Thuban both have DDR2/3 controllers which is why they can be used in the AM2+ mobos as well as because they have one less pin meeting the requirements for the socket. AM3+ adds that pin that AM3 lost back into the equation meaning that it would be impossible to put that CPU into an AM3 socket because you have one extra pin more than the socket was designed for. But you can use your Denab and Thuban processors in an AM3+ board. On top of those reasons AMD has said that the BD processors will not be able to be used in socket AM3 but that previous gen CPUs are forwards compatible with the new socket. Does this make sense and answer your question?

[saaya]

So if I put an am3+ CPU in an am3 board it works, just no turbo? Everything else is the same? Mhhh Kay? U sure there's nothing else? 0_o

[DarthShader]

Source? a week or two ago are different time than today

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...99&postcount=2

[PatRaceTin]

I would prefer ASUS for AMD Board