unlocking dual cores to multi cores?!?
is it true that this technique is only possible on some particular mobos?
well according to AMD, a mobo having ACC (advanced Clock Calibration) can unlock. but i hav read literally 100s of mobo reviews based on AMD 770G, 780G, 785G, 790GX, 790X (not 790FX, not interested in it). & i can just say is even if a mobo got ACC, it'll unlock cores. 101% sure. but it won't be stable. Asus & Asrock are master of unlocks. they unlock processors & is mostly stable. moreover u may even OC it. but with Biostar, ECS or Foxconn, etc. at most you can unlock. now stability wil depend on specific board & condition of the processor. if proccy too much defective, Asus & Asrock wil unlock it & maybe stable (mayn't be prime95 stable). with other cheap boards you can't boot into windows also.
quad core will help in photoshop
but since you need your system for storage only x2 will suffice
even a cheaper than 5k processor will just do fine for storage only
yup. for data storage. Athlon II X4 240 is enough. & DDR2 based board. no need spend lots on DDR3 + AM3 board.
so u mean,
x4 wont help much in data storage...or both will perform same in data storage system???
thanx
angel
well it'll surely benefit from Quad core. but more if the speed of quad is high & add to it a dedicated shared cache, L3. Athlon 630 Vs Phenom X3 B55 (if 4th core fail to unlock), i think X3 B55 wil perform better.
Now tell me one thing, if AMD has failed or disabled 2 core of 955BE and made its X2 555BE, there should be some reason right ? Even if unlocked what would be the life of the processor and impact on its performance ?
cause of defects.
life wil be normal. no affect on life. just you can't run heavy benchmark like Prime95 torture test or intel burn test. chances are it'll fail. u can run all games on the unlocked processor.
AMD (also intel) quality checking is so high if a processor have even minute problems in its core (GPU also. thats what HD5830 is. defective HD5850. & HD5850 is defective HD5870) its disqualified. so they are again harvested & their defective cores locked. i not know how AMD checks these processors but most of their defect are never visible to customers. just that few processor cores are so badly damaged they can't be stable, ever.
but benefit is, in most X2 processors all 4 cores intact. so can be unlocked. in few one 3 cores can be unlocked. & very slim percentage of processors got both the cores too badly defective.
& to stop this unlocking, AMD taken harsh step. ACC not supported in AMD 880G, 890G & 890FX. its upto board vendors to find a way unlock cores.
