Chance to unlock to a Quad for under £50

gamesaregood · 19 Nov 2009 at 22:47

Phatzy said:
RibTickler its a case of finding the cheapest with a SB710 or greater chipset.

the cheapest board on OcUK is the asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G for £58.98

Yeh that motherboard should be fine, its on the list for being able to unlock just one core also:

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/10/21/asus-refines-amd-core-unlocking/1

Just make sure the bios version is correct...

Phatzy said:
AD5000DJ22GI
CACVC
AC 0937DPMW
9386562I90200

hope thier the codes your after

Yes they are the codes but can't find much about them I'm afraid

G_Wizz · 20 Nov 2009 at 00:42

RibTickler said:
What is the best budget motherboard to get so i can try to quad core it. .

Gigabyte GA-M720 US3

RibTickler · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:20

Thanks for the help.

edit: Will the Athlon x2 5000+ 2.2GHz socket AM2+ fit the asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G? As it says its a socket AM3.

Just seen on ASUS web site that this board is OK.

pig_dog · 20 Nov 2009 at 22:28

That is pretty decent

gamesaregood · 20 Nov 2009 at 23:26

RibTickler said:
Thanks for the help.

edit: Will the Athlon x2 5000+ 2.2GHz socket AM2+ fit the asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G? As it says its a socket AM3.

Just seen on ASUS web site that this board is OK.

Yeh it will be fine, basically so long as the board uses DDR2 ram as well as the SB710 or SB750 then it should be fine

Phill4321 · 28 Nov 2009 at 01:05

This chip seems like a good clocker. Whats its gaming performance like?

gamesaregood · 28 Nov 2009 at 18:59

Phill4321 said:
This chip seems like a good clocker. Whats its gaming performance like?

Seems fine, if you would like me to run a test then let me know which game you would like and If I can run the test I will

Minstadave · 29 Nov 2009 at 19:36

Looking at picking up one of these and an Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G, works out just under £100 with del.

Anyone tried this combo or know if it works?

gamesaregood · 29 Nov 2009 at 22:09

Minstadave said:
Looking at picking up one of these and an Asus M4A785D-M Pro AMD 785G, works out just under £100 with del.

Anyone tried this combo or know if it works?

Although I've not tried it out I would think it should be ok...

Let us know how you get on

Big.Wayne · 30 Nov 2009 at 14:04

Hey gamesaregood, thanks for the heads up on these!

I'm just working out if I have enough spare time to test one of these as well as a Sempron 140 (Sargas Die) and I'm still only about half way through testing a Athlon II X3 425 heh!

Couple of things I'm wondering, if the chip has a max multi of x11 your gonna be needing a 300MHz-HT link to get the chip to 3.3GHz, I'm not sure how easy it is to get the Ht-Link that high?

Also on the product link you posted above these are sold as Athlon chips (not Athlon II), I'm not sure what the main differences between Athlon and Athlon II are? :confused:

. . . . Is it just a product name or are there big underlying architectural differences?

From your CPU-z screenie it does look just like a full blown Deneb die? perhaps with a faulty DDR3 memory controller?

I may have to choose just one new chip to test out of this and the Sempron 140, either choice isn't that good if they don't unlock . . . although probably the AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+ at least offers a guaranteed dual core whereas if the Sempron doesn't unlock your stuck with a mono core!

Lot's of nice cheap chips though, look foward to any updated results you have! :cool:

craptakular · 30 Nov 2009 at 17:49

I have a Sempron 140 in my HTPC, its not unlocked as the mainboard doesn't support it, but the standard chip plays blu-ray and BBC iplayer HD great!!!

DavyBoy · 30 Nov 2009 at 19:41

Hmm, I think I'm gonna try and get a hold of one of these chips, as it would give my old AM2 system a new lease of life if I could unlock it.

Thanks for posting this

gamesaregood · 30 Nov 2009 at 20:03

Big.Wayne said:
Hey gamesaregood, thanks for the heads up on these!

I'm just working out if I have enough spare time to test one of these as well as a Sempron 140 (Sargas Die) and I'm still only about half way through testing a Athlon II X3 425 heh!

Couple of things I'm wondering, if the chip has a max multi of x11 your gonna be needing a 300MHz-HT link to get the chip to 3.3GHz, I'm not sure how easy it is to get the Ht-Link that high?

Also on the product link you posted above these are sold as Athlon chips (not Athlon II), I'm not sure what the main differences between Athlon and Athlon II are? . . . . Is it just a product name or are there big underlying architectural differences?

From your CPU-z screenie it does look just like a full blown Deneb die? perhaps with a faulty DDR3 memory controller?

I may have to choose just one new chip to test out of this and the Sempron 140, either choice isn't that good if they don't unlock . . . although probably the AMD Athlon™ X2 5000+ at least offers a guaranteed dual core whereas if the Sempron doesn't unlock your stuck with a mono core!

Lot's of nice cheap chips though, look foward to any updated results you have!

For something as good as this you need to make the time

I would be interested to see how the Tri Core compares to these when unlocked although they are more expensive CPUs to start with.

Emm, maybe its the HT Link which is holding me back, I might have to look at that.

Yes they are sold as Athlon Chips rather than Athlon II, I guess because of the decreased clock speed and the price point they are sold to meet. But they are 45nm CPUs and deffo Deneb based as otherwise I would not be able to unlock my to a Quad and gain the extra 6MB Cache

I can only presume they come from the earlier 920 / 940 kind of batch which didn't contain a DDR3 memory controller.

Oxy said:
I have a Sempron 140 in my HTPC, its not unlocked as the mainboard doesn't support it, but the standard chip plays blu-ray and BBC iplayer HD great!!!

Yeh they are good little CPUs the for the little money they cost, especially when unlocked and overclocked

DavyBoy said:
Hmm, I think I'm gonna try and get a hold of one of these chips, as it would give my old AM2 system a new lease of life if I could unlock it.

Thanks for posting this

Yeh sure would, make sure ifs its an older motherboard that its capable of unlocking the CPU before you purchase as well!

I also ordered a third CPU last night lol so I will have another one to try from the newer batch tomorrow, of course the chances of me being lucky 3 times are slim but we will see! It was a bit of an impulse purchase considering I only have 2 motherboards which are capable of unlocking them and already have 2 unlocked CPUs lol!

gamesaregood · 1 Dec 2009 at 19:43

Ok so CPU number 3 has arrived today, stepping is:

CACVC AC 0935FPDW

I'm not sure if I will get a chance to try it later but will let you know when I do

Indy500 · 1 Dec 2009 at 20:52

Heh, I stuck with the Athlon II X2 250, along with the cheapest motherboard that wasn't complete **** (Asus M2N68-AM+ ). Fit in 2GB DDR2 as well, all for circa £100.

Minstadave · 2 Dec 2009 at 21:45

How did you get along?

Phatzy · 3 Dec 2009 at 01:22

gamesaregood what volts did you use for the fsb?
mine craps out at 2.8ghz

bigjimmyauk · 3 Dec 2009 at 01:38

when you unlock the disabled cores, they run at slower frequencies than the normal cores.

This is of course all incorrect, and it is indeed not a safe guarantee when you unlock the disabled cores. The reason for this is that the disabled cores are turned off for a reason: they failed factory tests. Cores can fail for any number of reasons, including defects in the silicon, problems running at full frequency, or a bug introduced during manufacturing.

When you unlock the disabled cores, they will run at full processor frequency, since you cannot run each core at different speeds. While you may see initial gains and benefits from turning a dual-core CPU into a quad-core CPU, you may introduce instability into your system. Things may corrupt, calculate incorrectly or even crash.

just a copy and paste job (is it worth the risk)

Big.Wayne · 3 Dec 2009 at 02:18

bigjimmyauk said:
The reason for this is that the disabled cores are turned off for a reason: they failed factory tests

I'm not so sure if that's the only reason . . .

bigjimmyauk said:
since you cannot run each core at different speeds

Yes you can? . . . at least I was able to have all my cores running at different speeds using ATI Overdrive™? :confused:

bigjimmyauk said:
just a copy and paste job (is it worth the risk)

You really should "quote" other peoples text(or add it in colour), the way you have done it makes us think you are writing this!

copy and paste job said:
when you unlock the disabled cores, they run at slower frequencies than the normal cores

bigjimmyauk · 3 Dec 2009 at 10:30

Big.Wayne said:
I'm not so sure if that's the only reason . . .

Yes you can? . . . at least I was able to have all my cores running at different speeds using ATI Overdrive™?

You really should "quote" other peoples text(or add it in colour), the way you have done it makes us think you are writing this!

i would change the colour if i knew how lol