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wintermint   10-14-2009 at 04:59:13 AM

I chose Athlon II x4 620 in my previous thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] w=0&nojs=0
but then I looked around tomshardware and found out that I can unlock the other 2 cores from Phenom II x2 550 if I have a SB750 motherboard. Now I'm back to deciding which CPU to pick. Has anyone ever unlocked the other two cores? What's the success rate? And does a GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P work for unlocking the two cores?

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Alot of people have been able to unlock the other two cores, then again alot havent been able to. Its really a toss up on whether or not you can unlock it. Some chips have damaged cores and thats why they're disabled and sold as X2 or X3 Phenom II's. I wouldn't buy the 550 and absolutely expect to get a quad out of it because its probably about 50/50 chance that you'll be able to successfully unlock it.
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bige420   10-14-2009 at 06:14:23 AM
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Alot of people have been able to unlock the other two cores, then again alot havent been able to. Its really a toss up on whether or not you can unlock it. Some chips have damaged cores and thats why they're disabled and sold as X2 or X3 Phenom II's. I wouldn't buy the 550 and absolutely expect to get a quad out of it because its probably about 50/50 chance that you'll be able to successfully unlock it.


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wintermint   10-14-2009 at 07:30:49 AM

Fry's is selling it as the same price as Newegg so I guess I can always return it if it doesn't work out the way I want it to xP

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Herr_Koos   10-14-2009 at 10:17:14 AM

wintermint wrote :

Fry's is selling it as the same price as Newegg so I guess I can always return it if it doesn't work out the way I want it to xP

 

What would be the excuse for returning a perfectly good CPU that actually works as advertised?

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stuart72   10-14-2009 at 02:46:27 PM

Herr_Koos wrote :

What would be the excuse for returning a perfectly good CPU that actually works as advertised?



"I didn't like the colour"?

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Herr_Koos   10-14-2009 at 04:08:35 PM

stuart72 wrote :

"I didn't like the colour"?



Lol, that might just do it. Very convincing...

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