Quote Originally Posted by charged3800z24 View Post
My bet is, the AM2+ have the DDR3 controllers, but since they are pinned differently and will not fit in the AM3 sockets, they will not be able to use the DDR3.
Folks,just search chew*'s last posts on the am2+/am3 topic and you will see he was told that am2+ chips indeed have a "combo" IMC,so they should work in am3 board later on.The difference between am2+ and am3 Phenoms seems to be in other respects,ie. lower power draw,better OCing potential,higher northbridge clocks(which should make it a bit faster per clock than am2+).