CPU + Mobo. Need help please.

zOlt · 11 Feb 2010 at 18:03

I have £120. Need to choose CPU and motherboard.

I was looking at:
Gigabyte GA-M52L-S3P nForce 520LE (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard. £75.17
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 545 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail. £44.27

Just wanted to ask if this motherboard would allow me to unlock 4 cores on the Phenom and overall, if this is a good combination price/performance wise.

PC would be used mainly for watching movies, doing web surfing etc., maybe a little bit of gaming.

Any thoughts?

Frozennova · 11 Feb 2010 at 18:42

That processor would be fine for your needs buy that AM2+/AM3 board doesnt not have the features required for core unlocking the one below fits your budget and will do the trick

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-198-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

McGill2010 · 11 Feb 2010 at 18:44

dont get your hopes up on unlocking the two other cores cause it didnt work with mine. just letting you know.

Frozennova · 11 Feb 2010 at 18:56

Core unlocking is very hit and miss but as far as I know around 75% of members are getting success with either unlocking to an X3 or an X4

McGill2010 · 11 Feb 2010 at 19:13

just after reading that last post i remembered i got x3

zOlt · 11 Feb 2010 at 19:22

frozennova said:
That processor would be fine for your needs buy that AM2+/AM3 board doesnt not have the features required for core unlocking the one below fits your budget and will do the trick

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-198-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

Jackpot! Thanks