Will This Processor Fit My Motherboard?

Hey basically I currently have an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ AM2 processor intsalled on my computer and I am planning on upgrading. The processor I am interested in purchasing is AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.00GHz. Now I dont know much about how a motherboard works but Im currently thinking this will work because both are AM2 processors but Im not entirely sure because one is an X2 and I dont now if anything else makes a difference? So I though I would ask before wasting good money on the processor for it to not fit. If you need any more info todetermine if it will work just let me know and I will provide it I just want to sort this asap. Thanks

Answers:
Knowing the make and model of the motherboard would help establish if everything would work fine.. however, yes, I do feel that any of the AM2 cpus will work fine. The X2 portion of the CPU is within the CPU itself and not in the motherboard, so there won't be any problems there.
Another thing you could do would be to update the BIOS - just to be on the safe side of allowing the motherboard to work with the 'newest' versions of the CPUs.
The processor will physically fit and you probably won't have any problems. Since both are AM2 then the pin layout is the same.
If they fit into the same socket, ie, socket AM2, then they should work.
Try this. Find out your motherboard's make and model. Goto their website and find your motherboard. Read the specifications regarding CPU support. It will tell you if it will support X2 or not.
What you really need is the Model and manufacture of the motherboard then you can go to their website and find out which wether the board suports AMD x2 dual core processors.
Physically, it would fit in the socket since both socket and processor are AM2

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