Athlon X2 5000+ Overclock help

[Bismark]

Hi guys ive bought an Athlon X2 5000+ chip and im looking to try to unlock the extra cores as ive seen loads on forums about this. I was wondering if it is a specific batch of these chips or is it just luck.

My chip is:

AMD Athlon 50000GJ22GI
cacuc ac 0946cpmw

Im looking to put it into this motherboard GigaByte GA-MA770-DS3 or is there any other AM2+ board you would recommend.

This is the first time ive tried something like this so any help would be appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[Uriel]

Well those two ACs in the code mean it's definately a Deneb. Whether it's a fully functional one or not is always down to chance.

I have one Athlon X2 5000+ (AM2+) and one X2 5200+ (AM3) that both unlock.

See threads here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18068218&highlight=phenom+fx5000

and here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18225299

I found my 5000+ to be very power hungry. If you've not bought the motherboard yet, I would consider something with 140w CPU support (the gigabyte board you mentioned has 125w CPU support). Unlocked cores can take some extra juice to get stable.

Edit: http://www.cpu-world.com/step_codes/C/CACUC AC.html Your stepping is a shanghai not a deneb. Still , there's 4 cores and 6MB l3 cache on there. One way to find out...

Just bear in mind you have a cheap CPU there. No point in spending masses on a motherboard and cooling for a chance of unlock / overclock when you could have just bought a guarenteed kosher CPU in the first place.

 

[Bismark]

Yeah basically the reason being i was looking for a Athlon 64x2 6000+ Brisbane and i bought this chip from ebay and the description and socket was wrong. Was listed as Athlon 64x2 5000+ Brisbane. Couldnt see all the text on the cpu from the pic due to flash and when it arrived it was the Athlon X2 5000+. Was only £20 and i reckon that gigabyte mobo i mentioned i could get for £30 so not gonna break the bank even if it doesnt unlock