Can AM3 processor fix into AM3+ motherboard?

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The CPU is one expensive hardware. So, as someone who assemble his own PC, we sure enough doesn’t want to purchase the wrong CPU and end up unable to use it on our motherboard. Today I’m going to talk about whether you can install an AM3 processor on an AM3+ motherboard.

The AM3 processor can be installed on AM3 and AM3+ motherboard. However, the AM3+ processor cannot be installed on AM3 motherboard.

This is because the AM3+ processor came after the AM3. The motherboard which is designed to work with AM3 processor isn’t designed to be able to work with AM3+ because the AM3+ isn’t existed yet at that time.

However, the AM3+ motherboard had been designed to be able to work with both the AM3+ and AM3 processors.

Can you still use the AM3+ processor on the AM3 motherboard?
Well, I’ve read somewhere that some people actually succeed in making the AM3+ processor work on the AM3 motherboard by modifying the processor pin. But since this will involve modifying the hardware, I will not recommend you to do this.

To make it simple
If you have a AM3 processor, you can install it on both AM3 and AM3+ motherboard. But if you AM3+ processor, you can only install it on AM3+ motherboard.