Sempron 64?

[Ares]

Ok simple question.

If a board is listed as socket 754 athlon64/sempron does that also mean that a sempron 64 will work on the same board ?

I'm a little confused cause i noticed newegg has a lot of sempron 64 processors but i dont really see any boards that specifically state that they need sempron 64's. They either say sempron or athlon 64, or both, but not sempron 64.

Thanks!

 

[meefle]

i'd check the site of the motherboard, ussually they have a cpu support list.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

If it's a socket 754 Sempron and a socket 754 motherboard, they'll go together. Do not fret. They're compatible.

Ryan

 

[Apokalipse]

the Sempron 64's may need a BIOS update if you want to use it as a 64-bit processor, depending on the mtoherboard.
the Sempron 64's are relatively new to socket 754

 

[Brtnboarder495]

Just because the socket on the motherboard matches the socket of the CPU doesn't necessarily mean they will work, the motherboard must match the CPU type of model as well.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

no, the thing is that the Sempron 64 is a crippled Athlon 64. They're the same thing minus 50% of the L2 cache. If for some reason it doesn't work, it's nothing a updated bios flash couldn't fix.

Ryan

 

[Apokalipse]

the only thing wrong I can possibly see is that it won't recognise the name

 

[Ares]

Hmm. Interesting. Mixed answers. Go check out newegg's site and you'll see a whole lot of sempron 64's (754 sockets) and not a single 754 board that they have actually states "Sempron 64".

This is making me wonder.

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

I'm telling you... It's not a big deal... They wouldn't produce the chip if the boards were so few and far between.

Ryan

 

[Ares]

That seems like a logical answer, Ryan.

Still doesn't make me feel good about the way Newegg has their chips and boards listed.