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I'm the same - Phenom II, upgraded to SSD and new graphics but that's it.

When you say this has your name written on it, are they socket compatible? The idea of changing motherboards/ memory etc isn't compelling - I'd just get a new system - but if you can drop these in then it's really tempting.

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Nope, I mean, spending the same amount as I did 8 years ago, and getting 8 years out of this new CPU sounds appealing to me! But I've got a uATX case, so my motherboard selection is mildly limited. I don't mind swapping out a motherboard. I used to do it rather frequently, for myself and for others.

I believe the socket I have now is AM2+, which is not at all compatible with AM4. I'd also need new RAM. Overall, I'd expect to spend close to $400.

Nope, Phenom II could work in an AM3 or AM3+ socket (depending on whether your particular model supported DDR3 RAM) but AM4 doesn't physically fit. Plus the new CPUs don't have DDR3 controllers so they couldn't use your RAM anyway.

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