Looking for advice on a cpu upgrade

linnemeyerhere said:

If it's a AM2 or AM2+ then I would do some more research. The Phenom IIx4 965 or 965BE are both 125 watt chips.

Its am3

DocBrown said:

If you run CPU-Z on your computer, it will tell the socket.

i have cpu-z that's how ik its am3

linnemeyerhere said:

emmett82 said:

linnemeyerhere said:

If it's a AM2 or AM2+ then I would do some more research. The Phenom IIx4 965 or 965BE are both 125 watt chips.

Its am3

Great news and I would start watching for sales, that TigerDirect price is sweet and as long as they don't all sell out you could get it even lower but I wouldn't haggle over a couple of bucks, at this performance level it's a steal !

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Solarstarshines said:

linnemeyerhere said:

If it's a AM2 or AM2+ then I would do some more research. The Phenom IIx4 965 or 965BE are both 125 watt chips. I just set my old 965BE up in a new mobo with 16gb of 1600 Mhz ram and Tommy's old 6870 and the rig is strong....real strong, that's always been a great chip !

AM2 Does not and will not run AM3 chips Only AM2+ AND AM3 AM3+ will run all AM3 models from Athlons on trust me I am running a 965BE on a TA785GE 128MB board AM2+

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Like Doc said above, the CPU you are looking at is 125 Watt TDP and the CPU you are currently using is 95 Watt TDP. I know the motherboard spec page says AMD Phenom II X4 9xx/9xxe/8xx Quad-Core (Deneb) but that doesn't mean it supports CPU's with a higher than 95 Watt TDP. That means that CPU's in that family with the same requirements should work. I would do more research, or even call or chat with HP and find out before I spent any money.