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Old 10-29-2005, 04:41 AM   #1
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Asus SK8N Nforce3 Pro 150 & AMD FX CPU

Greetings - have had this mobo and an FX-51 for a little over 2 years. Is it possible to upgrade the processor to FX-52 or 53 or higher?

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Old 10-29-2005, 07:18 AM   #2
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Hi raf1,

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In a word: No. That mobo is a 940 pin unit and the newer FXs are 939 pin CPUs.
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Old 10-29-2005, 04:01 PM   #3
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Hi TR - thanks for the info. I should have known that, but I get into deep water pretty quickly on technical specs. Thanks again.

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Old 10-29-2005, 04:10 PM   #4
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Note that the FX 53, 55, 57 cost a pretty penny, and in comparison a new motherboard really isn't that much more money(if your paying so much for the CPU a good mobo should be invested in).... Plus most new 939 boards are nforce4.
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Old 10-29-2005, 04:22 PM   #5
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Can't reuse the registered ECC ram in a NF4 board though.
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Old 10-30-2005, 12:45 AM   #6
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One of the above bits of information is not correct. You can upgrade from an FX-51 to an FX-53 since they are both 940 pin CPU's. In my opinion it would be a waste of money to upgrade to an FX-53 since the architecture is the same and the only difference is that the FX-53 is 200MHz faster than the FX-51 You can overclock your FX-51 for free (provided you have adequate cooling) to the speed of an FX-53 relatively easy. The FX-55 and above are all 939 pin. There is no such CPU as an FX-52.
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Old 10-30-2005, 07:39 AM   #7
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You can always put an Opteron 254 in there. Im sure that board would support it with a BIOS update. An Opteron 254 is basically an FX-57 but in a 940 pin configuration and a lower price. Same clock speed, same cache, same everything. Check the ASUS website to see if they have a BIOS update that supports it .
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According to the Asus compatibility chart, the 254 is not supported.
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