This is probably a really stupid question, but how do you tell if your processor is 754 or 939 pin?

I want to get a GEForce 7900 GT PCI-Express graphics card so need a new motherboard (as current is AGP) but obviously want to make sure I get the right one.

Processor is an AMD Athlon 64 3500.

Thanks,

Jon.

With that speed its proberbly a 754, but could be either, What motherboard are you using now?

Try a downloadable utility called CPU-Z which gives processor information. I'm not an AMD user myself but it gives the socket info on my Intel CPUs. It can be found here :CPUID

Failing that it should be written on the CPU socket itself. Unfortunately that probably involves removing the heatsink.

Thanks for the replies. That CPU-Z utility did the trick. It is a 939.

Cheers

Have you tried counting the number of pins on the processor?

Have you tried counting the number of pins on the processor?

if you take the processoor out it says somewhere on the zif clamp