Unethical. If it runs at its designed and advertised specifications, returning it for not exceeding them is just wrong. So is returning it for any reason or invoking the warranty now that you have overclocked and overvolted it, IMO.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] New Phenom II X2 555 C3 revision > > Well my new CPU came yesterday and it overclocks to 4 GHz stably with > 1.4v which I don't consider excessive. However, it won't unlock the > other 2 cores so I expect there is a defect in 1 or more of the unused > cores. What is the collectives opinion on sending it back for a > replacement? Ethical or not? What would you do if you wanted a cheap > dually that you wanted to run as a quad? Thanks!
