jr2112

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I unlocked all 4 cores of an Athlon x3 440. It now tells me it is a Phenom x4 B40 but no L3 cache. I have had no problems with performance and running prime95. The question is now when I run memtest no matter how low I make the ram test the processor power jumps from 51 watts to 140 watts in CPUID HW Monitor. Should I be concerned with this?
 

axipher

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I have the same processor unlocked and overclocked to 3.3 Ghz with a 220 MHz reference clock and I also get 140 W maximum power, any one else have similar problems or an explanation