Phenom II X4 'Core Unlocker'?

[rspaulding]

I just bought the Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz and the ASUS M4A87TD EVO which has a "core unlocker" switch right on the board. I have no idea what this means or what I should have it set on. I imagine that I would want to use all the cores, right?

Phenom 840:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103921
M4A87TD EVO:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647

Gonna be installing Win7 64
550W PSU
8800GT GPU
8GB DDR3

 

[tacoslave]

that cpu only has 4 cores >.> the core unlocker would do nothing thats only for the phenom II dual cores or the athlon x3

 

[Wisecracker]

You are close ... missed it by one (or two :lol: ).

It's the AMD Quad-Core Phenom II X4 960T **Zosma**

 

[shrkbay]

no Phenom II x4 is a true quad-core so there are no cores to unlock

 

[simon12]

You may have a very small chance of unlocking L3 cache as the 840 is really an Athlon but to run it normally leave the option disabled

 

[rspaulding]

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