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[Solved] Unlocking X2 560 BE vs X4 955 BE

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w0osh   10-10-2011 at 06:56:56 PM


I have an option of exchanging my X2 560BE with the X4 955 BE at a nominal cost.

Is it Advisable ?

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spentshells   10-10-2011 at 07:34:47 PM

what is the cost ? have you tried unlocking the 560 ? from what i am to understand the 555 was unlocking almost every time.

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saint19   10-10-2011 at 07:36:41 PM
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At this point? No, BD is on the corner and SB-E is pending for release too. Keep your 560 BE for a little more and after BD release see what option is better.

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w0osh   10-10-2011 at 08:12:46 PM

just my ignorance : wht is "BD"

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w0osh   10-10-2011 at 08:14:45 PM

spentshells wrote :

what is the cost ? have you tried unlocking the 560 ? from what i am to understand the 555 was unlocking almost every time.



around $10 difference that I have to pay extra, no i havnt tried unlocking

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saint19   10-10-2011 at 08:22:25 PM

w0osh wrote :

just my ignorance : wht is "BD"



BD= Bulldozer, the next AMD's CPU generation.

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spentshells   10-10-2011 at 09:00:49 PM

in the motherboard bios there is actualy a feature called unlock cores

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w0osh   10-10-2011 at 09:40:10 PM

damn this is getting tough, i have a limited window to return the current 560 in exchange with the 955..
and with this BD thing coming out soon, i'll be outdated again , plus this "Bulldozer" word sounds kickass.

I'm sure AMD would go ballistic to kick Intel as hard as they can, Feels like the early 2000s when the processor war was at its peak.

Its all coming back.

BD-BE-BD-BE-BD-BE...phew

i read somewhere that the server edition FX would launch first and the desktop edition one would follow later..

Plus any leads on the pricing ?

the 955BE is $120 .. any idea on how the BD is going to be priced ?

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w0osh   10-10-2011 at 09:41:34 PM

spentshells wrote :

in the motherboard bios there is actualy a feature called unlock cores




Unlocking causes BSODs and why risk it if i can get the 955 ? please prove me wrong

though i'm a strict hater of BSODs, have lost tons of work to it

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saint19   10-10-2011 at 09:43:22 PM

AFAIK $250 MAX for the top end BD.

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w0osh   10-10-2011 at 09:54:12 PM

how about i unlock my 560 to quad core(3.8Ghz) for the time being and wait for the BD ?

955BE is 3.2Ghz that cannot be unlocked further, whereas the 560BE is 3.8Ghz after unlocking....there has to be a catch ? logically games should run better on the 560BE, do i sound convincing ?


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saint19   10-10-2011 at 10:01:30 PM

You can try, but unclock cores aren't 100% stable.

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spentshells   10-11-2011 at 04:53:57 AM

If you get bsod's add voltage
do it step by step, add .02 v and boot the machine
test for a while BSOD add more voltage try not to get past 1.425
so unlock then bump voltage

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