Specifications

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All About Motherboards
Figure 3-6 AMD Athlon 64 processor to be inserted into an AM2+ socket
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AM3 or AMD3 Phenom II 938 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR3 memory
AM2+ or AMD2+ Phenom II, Phenom, and Athlon 940 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR2 memory
Faster than AMD2
AM2 or AMD2 Athlon and Sempron 940 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR2 memory
Socket 754 Athlon and Sempron 754 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR memory
Socket 940 Athlon 940 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR memory
Socket 939 Athlon and Sempron 939 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR memory
No longer sold
Socket A Athlon, Sempron, and Duron 462 holes for pins (PGA)
Works with DDR memory
Rarely sold today
AMD Socket Used by Processor Family Description
Table 3-2 Sockets for AMD processors used for desktop computers
A+
220-701
1.2
Also, look at the motherboard documentation for a list of processors that the
motherboard supports. It is not likely to support every processor that uses its socket
because the motherboard chipset is designed to only work with certain processors.
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