AMD processor AM2 socket

AMD company is launching a new socket AM2 processors and we have already seen them available on9. As usual, let us cut to the chase and tell you all you need to know while keeping focus on not under-informing you with too little information. Below we outline just what is different about AMD’s new socket AM2 processors.

Below is a full list of new AM2 processors.

• AMD Athlon 64 FX processor: FX-62

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processors: 5000+, 4800+, 4600+, 4400+, 4200+, 4000+, and 3800+
  
  
• AMD Athlon 64 processors: 3800+, 3500+
  
  
• AMD Sempron processors: 3600+, 3500+, 3400+, 3200+, and 3000+
  

New Benefit and feature

New Heat sink Mounting

While the heat sink mounting is changing with the AM2 socket, we should see this change be easy on those using air cooling systems as the socket 939 heat sinks we have are easily attaching to the new mounting apparatus.This a great news for amd buyers

The Socket

In the past AMD has referred to its sockets by the number of pins on the processor. Currently AMD’s socket 939 (desktop) and socket 940 (server) are most popular and have the associated number of pins on them. So why the diversion to “AM2?” The new socket AM2 processors have 940 pins. The new socket AM2 processor will not fit into a socket 940 and a 940-pin AMD processor will not fit into a socket AM2. Obviously, to avoid confusion in the marketplace, AMD needed to bring a new nomenclature to the table. Currently, the 940-pin socket AM2 is applicable to desktop configurations only. And just to be clear, an AM2 processor will only work in a motherboard built with a socket AM2.

The Memory Controller

While this may seem a little out of place for opening up with, the memory controller is at the heart of AMD’s change to socket AM2. Remember that AMD pulled the memory controller in from the motherboard chipset and started building it on the processor die. So now when you buy an AMD processor, you are not only buying a CPU, but a memory controller for your system as well. AMD has been using DDR memory technology for a good while now, and while it is getting a bit long in the tooth, AMD has and is still leveraging it quite successfully, but more on that later. AMD’s new socket AM2 processors now have an integrated DDR2 memory controller that operates at specified speeds of DDR2-667 and DDR2-800.

For all intents and purposes, the DDR2 memory controller is all that is “new” with socket AM2. We will get more in-depth on performance on the following pages, but this can be seen as a lateral move for AMD in terms of high-end processor performance. If you are already running a robust Socket 939 (or 940) gaming machine or video editing box, there is currently no compelling performance reasons to “upgrade” to AM2 processor. Of course there are other factors to be considered here, and we will cover those in the conclusion.

What is AM2+??
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