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Asus M4A78-VM + PHENOM II X2 550 Black

Eoinsku · 2009-12-11 13:10:08

Does anyone here know if the Asus M4A78-VM motherboard supports the Phenom II X2 Black processor. I checked the CPU support list for the motherboard on the ASUS website, and while it said Phenom II X550, the part numbers did not match. If they are not compatible, is there anyone who can suggest a similar performing CPU for…

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11-12-2009 2:10pm

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Eoinsku

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Does anyone here know if the Asus M4A78-VM motherboard supports the Phenom II X2 Black processor.

I checked the CPU support list for the motherboard on the ASUS website, and while it said Phenom II X550, the part numbers did not match.

If they are not compatible, is there anyone who can suggest a similar performing CPU for that motherboard.

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#2 11-12-2009 2:15pm
Vergast

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Although not from personal experience of using the mobo, the Phenom II should work fine with that board. The asus supports the AM2+ socket, and so will allow AM3 chips (aka your phenom II x2 550 black) to run fine!

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