Motherboard-CPU compatibility dilemma?

I noticed a discrepancy on Asus motherboard-CPU compatibility page. Where the CPU cache is listed, sometimes it appears as half of the real value or a third of it.

For example this Athlon IIX3 405e(AD405EHDK32GI), 2.3GHz, 512KB, rev.C2,45W, Socket AM3 and on CPU-World the cache is triple.

This only happens with some models.Others are accurate. Why is this happening? As it is confusing for someone who wants to make sure his board would work with a certain processor.

cpu motherboard cache

— thợ rèn
nguồn

ASUS đã giới thiệu bộ đệm PER CORE. CPUWorld chỉ hiển thị toàn bộ bộ nhớ cache hiện có trên CPU. Bộ xử lý có 3 lõi, do đó bộ nhớ cache tăng gấp ba lần.

— Sinh họcII
nguồn

This makes perfect sense. However it does not clarify something.For instance the dual-core Athlon X2 BE-2350 (DD),1M,45W,rev.G1,SocketAM2 CPU appears with 1M cache both un ASUS and cpuworld. So they didn't list them all in the same manner I guess?

— Smith

Yeah, they really have to confuse that all..

— BiostarII

I will buy them anyway since people can't come up with a clear answer.So then my questions are: what is the worst case scenario? I guess the PC just wouldn't start. Or maybe it would start and later certain things would not work properly? Or it would do some damage to other components? I don't have a clue. :(

— Smith

No need to worry about the cache, core revision or other miscallenous things. Just check if the CPU is present on the ASUS motherboard compatible processor list. If your CPU is listed, just install it and use your pc, there's no other thing to worry about.

— BiostarII

Oh, this is a relief for me.

— Smith