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AM2 == cheapest future-proof upgrade?

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/am2-cheapest-future-proof-upgrade.42486/

chesss
chesss Original post #1
Nov 30, 2006 at 4:18 AM
According to wikipedia:
AMD has confirmed that AM3 processors will work in AM2 motherboards;
Which means that an AM2 motherboard would run the latest cpu's for rhe next 3 years

So if one buys a decent am2 mobo with PCI-E( Rs.6000) + a cheap 3000+ cpu (Rs 4000) ,
and after two year in 2008-09 when all those multi-cores AM3 cpu are-there, one could simply swap only the cpu for another cheap upgrade giving decent performace for the next 4 years!

is there any problem with the above setup? One thing that comes to mind is, maybe amd 3000 won't last (give acceptable performance) till 2008.
Any other compatibility problems that I am missing ? and exactly how good(or bad) is amd 3000 for running vista/xgl?
S
Nov 30, 2006 at 10:07 AM
Don't rely on Wikipedia alone!
nishant_nms
Nov 30, 2006 at 11:14 AM
Nice info. But hadn't read it anywhere