Phenom II Spec is not clear!?! ... Whats happening Brothers!!!

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yeh mats has got it.

according to what i read in guru3d

am2+ phenom II 940 & 920 have 940 pins on the cpu like all other am2 socket cpu's

the newer am3 socket will only use 938 pins so an am2 processor "wont mechanically fit" in a am3 motherboard & on the flip side an am3 socket cpu will fit into a am2+ motherboard. How well this all works i guess will depend on how quickly motherboard manufacturers get their bios's working with the new cpu's.

does anyone have any benchmark info about the am3 they can link too or release dates of am3 cpu's, all i've read so far is sometime in feb

Actually AM3 will have 1 extra pin not 2 less.........for 941 pins.....so physically am2+ will fit in the socket pin wise, only problem is they moved the other spaces where there are no pins so that it physically will not fit anyway......................Source=actual pictures.......not vaporware.

AM3 Red arrow showing only amount of pin difference
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=20

AM2 for comparison. Count the holes between the spaces, you will find them differing from AM3.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...5&postcount=23