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    looking at having a desktop built. decided to go down the line of AMD. Looking at quad core. anyone any comments on the phenom II X4 965 black edition 3.4ghz

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    I lost interest in AMD's a while back so I'm not up to speed, but I believe if you want an X4, there are certain X2 models where another 2 cores can be unlocked for free or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Over carl View Post
    I lost interest in AMD's a while back so I'm not up to speed, but I believe if you want an X4, there are certain X2 models where another 2 cores can be unlocked for free or something.
    Yip, I did that with mines.

    Picked up a Phenom 550 Black Edition X2 and an Asus M4A785TD-V motherboard and enabled all cores in the BIOS - job done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fireball JaX View Post
    looking at having a desktop built. decided to go down the line of AMD. Looking at quad core. anyone any comments on the phenom II X4 965 black edition 3.4ghz
    It's a decent processor & for less than £130 I would say it's good value for money. As far as going down the unlocking route goes, it's worth pointing out that even if you do unlock all the cores with the right motherboard, it is not guaranteed that your system will be stable. There are technical/manufacturing as well as marketing reasons behind AMD locking the extra cores. If you google the success rate for unlocking the extra cores you'll notice that there is a real chance of being stuck with a dual core system.
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    this is way above my head and capability. once its set up there will be no alterations really

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    I7 all the way

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