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AMD Phenom II X4 960T Core Unlocking...

Duffsam

Duffsam

Duffsam

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Hi Guys.

I've recently bought an AMD Phenom II X4 960T (Thuban) Processor.
I've had an attempt at unlocking the other two core's (as many people have suggest is possible with the 960T.

However, on my motherboard, when i enter the "Core Unlocking" options (E.G Advanced Clock Calibrations etc etc) the only thing that happens is my processor becomes DOWNGRADED from an X4 to an X3?

Can anyone explain why? :D.

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX

Regards
Sam :).
 
Duffsam said:
Hi Guys.

I've recently bought an AMD Phenom II X4 960T (Thuban) Processor.
I've had an attempt at unlocking the other two core's (as many people have suggest is possible with the 960T.

However, on my motherboard, when i enter the "Core Unlocking" options (E.G Advanced Clock Calibrations etc etc) the only thing that happens is my processor becomes DOWNGRADED from an X4 to an X3?

Can anyone explain why? :D.

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX

Regards
Sam :).
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Worked great on my sabertooth so not really sure why that is happening?
Maybe a bios upgrade? Could you post some pics of the screens? TBH never used that mobo.
 
Have you overclocked it yet?

Another forum has a rundown of memberresults and they're all around the 3.8-4.2GHz mark, some on stock volts.
 
I've just bought one of these to upgrade from my x3, I don't mind if it unlocks to 6 or not I just want/need 4GHz.

edit: I don't care what the Intel fanboys say, it's a cheap upgrade for me and means I don't have to faff around replacing mobo, ram etc. MSI K9A2 Platinum, over 3 years of good service! :D
 
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How much did you get the 960T for? Cheapest I can find it (new) is £96 - or did you find a 2nd hand one? :)
 
yeah they aren't cheap. at around £50 it would make sense for me to upgrade from my X3.

at £100 it makes more sense for me to switch to Intel (in the future).
 
FoxEye said:
yeah they aren't cheap. at around £50 it would make sense for me to upgrade from my X3.

at £100 it makes more sense for me to switch to Intel (in the future).
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A switch goes beyond the cost of the processor though as you have to fork out extra for a shiny new motherboard.

So you basically have the choice of upgrading to a quad-core (possibly hexa-core), for ~£100, and selling your old processor. Or switching boats to intel and having to fork out ~£170 for an i5 2500k (don't see why you would want anything less), and ~£80-100 for a reasonable Z68 motherboard.
 
I did a few sums, and it worked out at upgrade to Phenom X4 @ £96, sell processor for around £25 vs get i5, new ram, new motherboard, sell X2, ram, motherboard @ £140 ish total.

Not that crazy, but there's always something new round the corner - and the Phenom II X4's seem to do the job nicely for gaming etc (not interested in benchmarking)
 
Mine unlocked fine with an m4a78
I didn't bother with bios, just flipped the switch on the motherboard itself.

It only ever downgrades to a 5 core when I install new drivers for other parts but then I lock and unlock and it runs 6 again.

No OC yet but am going to aim for a steady 3.6-3.8 soon
 
You won't see an improvement in games going from 4 cores to 6 cores, and in fact you'd probably be better on 4 cores than 6 as you could probably overclock to a higher speed, which would sit better with games.

However on anything that multi-threads you'll see a big difference.
 
Gipo said:
How much did you get the 960T for? Cheapest I can find it (new) is £96 - or did you find a 2nd hand one? :)
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Brand new 'buy it now' came up on the bay, offered the guy £80 and it was mine.

If I sell my x3 for £45-50 then it's a cheap upgrade.

In fact it's a ~£35 upgrade.
 
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