Having to go through the hassle of getting your money back in 'a day or two' wouldn't even be necessary if one had used their credit card - because it doesn't deduct directly from a cash account. Also, debit cards don't earn cash back on purchases the way cc's with rewards programs do. Neither...
Posting this message on one of these unlocked chips at the moment. Purchased last month for $45 shipped from superbiz/ewiz. All 4 cores unlock and run 2.8Ghz @ stock voltage. Running with cool'n'quiet enabled here without a problem.
It's a gamble whether you'll get a good chip that unlocks...
Considering the Athlon x2 5000+ AM2+ chip and Biostar motherboard were purchased for $115 including shipping, and I'll be selling my old mobo + CPU for ~$130, this was a nice upgrade from an e6600. Instead of being able to only handle 2 threads, the new system can handle 4.
It's probably the...
CPU batch is 0937BPAW
Motherboard is Biostar TA785GE-128M
Did some fiddling in the BIOS and dropped the voltage down to default (1.36v). Currently running at 2.5ghz w/ all 4 cores unlocked as well as the L3. BIOS Hardware Monitor shows idling around 41C. CPUID Hardware Monitor shows TMPIN0...
Unlocked to quad. Currently running at 2.75Ghz w/ Tuniq Tower 120 on lowest fan speed. CPU idles around 43C which is pretty high. Will probably drop it down to default 2.2Ghz speed to cut down on heat.
Unlocked to quad. Currently running at 2.75Ghz w/ Tuniq Tower 120 on lowest fan speed. CPU idles around 43C which is pretty high. Will probably drop it down to default 2.2Ghz speed to cut down on heat.