Dual Core Phenomii X2 Now An X4

[B16Enk]

Last year I bought a Phenom II X2 550BE, never did much with it aside from plugging it in and using it.

This morning on a whim I unlocked the extra two cores (the X2s are X4s that 'failed' QA and have two cores turned off by AMD) and after adding a mere 0.05v have got it running Prime95 stable so far.

Sweet

Now to see in the coming days if I can get her up to 3.8GHz

[DD_Brando]

Last year I bought a Phenom II X2 550BE, never did much with it aside from plugging it in and using it.

This morning on a whim I unlocked the extra two cores (the X2s are X4s that 'failed' QA and have two cores turned off by AMD) and after adding a mere 0.05v have got it running Prime95 stable so far.

Sweet

Now to see in the coming days if I can get her up to 3.8GHz

Nice one Rog

[rumba]

Hmmm,

Just built a system based on a 550BE and it run sweetly at 39-40 degrees under load with a stock cooler, never tried unlocking any cores or overclocking.. I thought it was only the early production units as yours probably is that could be unlocked?? may give it a try......