Jimi-Hendrix wrote I'm not trying to change the mother board just the CPU

I derped. Read Phenom, just didn't process, don't know why. Brain fart moment.

Anyway, Phenom is AM3, if your board is also AM3, you'd need a motherboard upgrade for the AM3 FX CPUs. If you already have AM3+ motherboard, 8320 is your best bet since the 8350 is just a factory overclocked 8320 with an inflated price tag. Though, a switch to Intel would still give far better performance.

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Jimi-Hendrix wrote I'm not trying to change the mother board just the CPU

I derped. Read Phenom, just didn't process, don't know why. Brain fart moment.

Anyway, Phenom is AM3, if your board is also AM3, you'd need a motherboard upgrade for the AM3 FX CPUs. If you already have AM3+ motherboard, 8320 is your best bet since the 8350 is just a factory overclocked 8320 with an inflated price tag. Though, a switch to Intel would still give far better performance.

Thanks for the help man. I would've bought it and I don't know what type of motherboard I have so I might've fudged everything up.

Jimi-Hendrix wrote

rot wrote

Jimi-Hendrix wrote I'm not trying to change the mother board just the CPU

I derped. Read Phenom, just didn't process, don't know why. Brain fart moment.

Anyway, Phenom is AM3, if your board is also AM3, you'd need a motherboard upgrade for the AM3 FX CPUs. If you already have AM3+ motherboard, 8320 is your best bet since the 8350 is just a factory overclocked 8320 with an inflated price tag. Though, a switch to Intel would still give far better performance.

Thanks for the help man. I would've bought it and I don't know what type of motherboard I have so I might've fudged everything up.

Download Speccy, it should tell you the make and model of your motherboard. If not, it will most likely say somewhere on the actual motherboard. Search the make and model in Google to find out whether it is AM3 or AM3+. FX series are AM3+ so won't work in AM3 board.

rot wrote

Jimi-Hendrix wrote

rot wrote

Jimi-Hendrix wrote I'm not trying to change the mother board just the CPU

I derped. Read Phenom, just didn't process, don't know why. Brain fart moment.

Anyway, Phenom is AM3, if your board is also AM3, you'd need a motherboard upgrade for the AM3 FX CPUs. If you already have AM3+ motherboard, 8320 is your best bet since the 8350 is just a factory overclocked 8320 with an inflated price tag. Though, a switch to Intel would still give far better performance.

Thanks for the help man. I would've bought it and I don't know what type of motherboard I have so I might've fudged everything up.

Download Speccy, it should tell you the make and model of your motherboard. If not, it will most likely say somewhere on the actual motherboard. Search the make and model in Google to find out whether it is AM3 or AM3+. FX series are AM3+ so won't work in AM3 board.

my mother board is a stock HP mother board.