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One of my students was told this at Fryes and I think it was BS.
IS AM3 socket being phased out?
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Fry's? What the fuck are they talking about? AM3 will be phased out, just like anything, but not any time soon.
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Socket AM3 is gonna be here for a while. AMD really has a winner with that socket.
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I think they just wanted the kid to buy Intel for higher profit for them.
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AM3 is not going away for the foreseeable future anyway. They just released a new chipset and it still uses AM3... so I'm guessing it's going to be around for at least until Christmas?
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AMD couldn't think that far into the future; but like any other chip manufacture it's bound to happen. Other things I believe, like memory, sata, & usb upgrades tilt the scale on upgrading.