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Originally Posted by m3thods
swap should be fine. worst case is you'll need a bios update for your motherboard. and you won't need to reinstall win7.
as for it being an upgrade, i'd say so since you'd be moving to 4 cores- but since you don't tax your computer, it would be a marginal one to notice. not until you start using an multi-threaded apps like photoshop etc.
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Are there any other options (cpu chip) for my AM2 socket mobo to take this plugn'play swap for significant upgrade? my mobo is pretty new, i dont wnat to upgrade to AM3 board.
Edit: my motherboard manual says" AM3 ready".. dunno what that means