Oh, absolutely, but it doesn't always work out that way. Similar deal to the old 300MHz Pentium II's with the SL2W8 s-spec. Most did 450MHz just fine, but mine was always a little buggy. Then the Celeron 300A was the big thing, and I got two, both did 464MHz all day long for a full 10 years before they were finally knocked out of service by a PSU that went bad. Luck of the draw on either side, I suppose.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 10:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] New Phenom II X2 555 C3 revision > > Yeah, I have to agree but if you read as many hardware reviews as I do > they practically say most will unlock and tout the bang for buck. I > have > a 0904 X3 720 BE that will unlock the 4th core stably and I bought it > the same day NewEgg began to sell them. That was before anybody knew > about ACC and unlocking cores/cache. I don't feel comfortable RMA'ing > it > as you say it works as advertised. Still, would have been nice to have > a > $104 quad core... > > > On 2/19/2010 3:04 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: > > 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! > >> > > > > > > > >
