Unlocked Phenom ii x4 970/975

purple stank · Mar 17, 2011

It's been said that the new Phenom ii x4's have 6 cores,2 disabled.Supposidly the 970 and 975 are actually Thuban based and not Deneb.
Was wondering if anyone has been able to unlock any?

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2010/2010102101_AMD_Phenom_II_X4_970_BE_with_unlockable_cores.html

saint19 · Mar 17, 2011

Hi.

Unfortunately those CPUs only comes with OEMs rig, so, the results could not be reasonable for the cost of the rig.

purple stank · Mar 17, 2011

Whats an OEM rig?

The processor itself cannot be unlocked?

saint19 · Mar 17, 2011

OEM rig = DELL, HP, Lenovo, IBM, Gateway....

purple stank · Mar 17, 2011

Why only with those companies?

I see the proesscesor over at newegg.

saint19 · Mar 17, 2011

Ok, my mistake.

Those CPUs can't unlocked AFAIK, the only one is the 960T and is only available for OEM rigs.