45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
I am getting confused by all these cheap AMD chips.
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
My friend in China said they're already selling these 5000+ at a very small premium which guaranteed unlock to quad core. I was quite tempted to get one but need at least 785G motherboard so unlock. The motherboard I got is 780G. Ended up going for a X4 620.
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
I ordered a motherboard that supposedly allows the ACC unlocking trick and then found out about these things.
Bought it as a practice unlocking chip really, something to have a play with. Couldn't resist at less than the price of a tank of petrol. Hey if it doesn't unlock and clock well I have a cheap spare CPU. If it does I have a nice upgrade.
It smacks of intentionality on AMD's part really. Phenom FX5000 with the cores unlocked? The name doesn't sound very accidental.
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
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Originally Posted by
Uriel
I ordered a motherboard that supposedly allows the ACC unlocking trick and then found out about these things.
Bought it as a practice unlocking chip really, something to have a play with. Couldn't resist at less than the price of a tank of petrol. Hey if it doesn't unlock and clock well I have a cheap spare CPU. If it does I have a nice upgrade.
It smacks of intentionality on AMD's part really. Phenom FX5000 with the cores unlocked? The name doesn't sound very accidental.
If it unlocks we want a CPU-Z screen-shot!! :)
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Shall try and take a screenshot then :)
I stupidly ended up with one of these as it was on Scan Today Only offer for just £36. I wanted an old X2 to upgrade an old AM2 board to dual core, and that seemed like a steal of a price. If I had done my homework I would have realised it was not compatible before buying let alone stuffing it in the board.
At the very least I should test that it works as it was intended which means swapping my 955BE for this dual core, so I may as well see what unlock and OC I can manage whilst I am playing :D
Sadly for my single core system I may have missed the boat on cheap dual core parts (I don't want to buy a CPU off ebay).
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I bought this a few weeks ago, but still havnt been able to unlock it,
Been using an ASUS M3A78-t (it supports ACC)
i've almost given up on it but i know there are somethings i havent tried yet, it still says amd unleashing mode failed.
I might try to use an older bios or increase the voltage (tried upping vcore @ 1.40 and still nothing)
As for overclocking I wouldnt expect too much. On stock cooler mine went to 2.6-2.8 without over doing it (using amd overdrive).
Any thoughts would be greatly appeciated, thanks
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
Have you got the Phenom II based X2 5000+ or just the 'standard' one ?
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Nope its definatly phenom based 45nm
If anyones interested here my old thread that has the pictures to prove it:
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...-old-pc-4.html
EDIT: Just to let you know the page you are probly interested in is page 4 the rest is just suggestions for components
Re: 45nm Athlon X2 5000+ which is based on Phenom II available in the UK!
After flicking over the thread you listed your CPU is reported as 2 different sockets - both 939 and 940 and AM3 is 941 IIRC - something must be a miss with the combination your using :S
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Yeah i was puzzled about it too. I'm not 100% sure but i think i read somewhere that a minority of people have had trouble with cpu-z trying to identify what the hell it is.
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I thought that AM3 CPUs have 1 less pin, that's why they work in AM2/AM2+ sockets but AM2/AM2+ CPUs don't work in AM3 sockets as they will have an extra pin compared to the socket and therefore it won't fit.
So I believe that AM3 does indeed only have 939 "sockets" for the processors whereas AM2/AM2+ has 940. Sounds right to me. I guess it's just confusing as Socket 939 was the previous-previous socket and then they added an extra pin socket to make it socket 940 and now it seems they went backwards haha.
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Originally Posted by
DanceswithUnix
At the very least I should test that it works as it was intended which means swapping my 955BE for this dual core, so I may as well see what unlock and OC I can manage whilst I am playing :D
Sadly for my single core system I may have missed the boat on cheap dual core parts (I don't want to buy a CPU off ebay).
Athlon X2 5400+ for under £50? :) Not very cheap I admit, but not too bad either...
And if you decide to sell / get rid of the X2 5000+ let me know ;)
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Originally Posted by
Ulti
I thought that AM3 CPUs have 1 less pin, that's why they work in AM2/AM2+ sockets but AM2/AM2+ CPUs don't work in AM3 sockets...
AM3 has 938 pins, AM2 has 940, but otherwise close enough :D
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Originally Posted by
Iron Sights
Yeah i was puzzled about it too. I'm not 100% sure but i think i read somewhere that a minority of people have had trouble with cpu-z trying to identify what the hell it is.
A quick Google tells me that bios version 1403 should work. At least it does for PII X2 955. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...227004&page=27
