AMD Athlon II X3 445 Overclocking

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Lazar_99

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Hi guys. I was thinking of overclocking my already unlocked athlon II X3 (now phenom II X4 B45) when my aftermarket cooler arrives (Zalman CNPS9900 MAX). So just unlocking the 4th core upped the TDP to 126W (says CPUZ), now i was thinking of overclocking it and i want to how high can i go with it? Is it possible to reach 4ghz? As for the other specs you can see them but i'll just type the motherboard make and model here in the post: MSI 970A-G46
 
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Don't be so greedy. Make sure this CPU can stay steady in at least a month or more then try to push it up. I know it may have unlocked multiplier but such CPUs may have a not-so-steady fourth core so that AMD lock this core in order to keep the whole system steady.

After that, there are tons of overclock forums on the Internet. First congratulate u of successfully unlocking all the cores and everything's fine (I've seen some guy finding out some annoying issues after unlocking a CPU like u did). And if u try OC some time later, just tweak it up by 100 mhz, don't be too rusty. And better get yourself a good CPU cooler like Cooler Master 212 EVO or else.
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Don't be so greedy. Make sure this CPU can stay steady in at least a month or more then try to push it up. I know it may have unlocked multiplier but such CPUs may have a not-so-steady fourth core so that AMD lock this core in order to keep the whole system steady.

After that, there are tons of overclock forums on the Internet. First congratulate u of successfully unlocking all the cores and everything's fine (I've seen some guy finding out some annoying issues after unlocking a CPU like u did). And if u try OC some time later, just tweak it up by 100 mhz, don't be too rusty. And better get yourself a good CPU cooler like Cooler Master 212 EVO or else.
 
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its been a year since i've unlocked the 4th core and works fine. and i also said that i'm waiting for my Zalman CNPS 9900 MAX to arrive so that i can begin overclocking, otherwise i wouldn't go even 100 mhz higher than stock because i still have a stock AMD cooler.
 
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