Is socket AM3+ up to date?

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Ivan Yakushenko2014-07-10 13:25:16

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Ivan Yakushenko, 2014-07-10 13:25:16

I would like to build a computer based on socket AM3+, but I'm afraid that in the near future AMD will release a new socket and score on AM3+, but I would like to be sure that at least 1 more generation of processors will be released on this socket for a possible upgrade in 1-2 years. I heard somewhere that AMD plans to support FM2 for a long time, but today only Athlone is on this socket. Actually, what do you think about this: take a chance and take an AM3 + socket, or install an Athlone x4 760K-based system and install a fresher processor in a year or two, if necessary?

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Dmitry, 2014-07-10
@gowithboom

I'll just leave a quote from here forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=446&thre...
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According to AMD the only AM3+ CPUs to be available in '14 are the Piledriver based models so no new AM3+ cored CPUs. No Steamroller or better core AM3+ CPUs ever.It's over... Socket AM3+ officially ends life in Q1 of
'15 accorrding to AMD .

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386DX, 2014-07-10
@386DX

There are 942 processor pins in the AM3 + socket, so it cannot be relevant, in comparison, for example, lga 2011.

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Sergey, 2014-07-10
@bk0011m

No one will say anything specific about the socket. What about AMD, so also about Intel. Everything can change at any moment. But I would recommend not to take AMD. Today it is a terrible brake. Here is a comparative table
of AMD tops that are far behind Intel, and I suspect that this does not bother them at all .. It's a shame.

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nfire, 2014-07-10
@nfire

Collect on FM2+. No newer yet. Why collect on AM3 +?

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aigars535, 2014-07-15
@aigars535

On FM2, processors come with a video and, as a rule, a reduced clock frequency. This is a budget option, you can say ... but it is the latest version.
As for the AM3 + socket, it is relevant for the reason that the most powerful processors from AMD, for example, the FX8350 with a frequency of 4.1-4.3 GHz, 8 cores go to it. I won’t write for caches and bandwidth, see for yourself. And it's not the most powerful yet. There is a percentage of the FX95XX series there with a frequency of 5 GHz, but it is expensive and a limited number on the market.