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Windows 7 ARC gamer edition(32bit) Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.10 GHz Unlocked to AMD Phenom II X4 B45 3.10 GHz Memory(RAM): 1 GB DDR2 667 Motherboard: Asrock N68-s UCC Onboard Graphics Card: GeForce 7025630a (128 MB) Windows 7 score 2.9(Processor score 6.8) After unlocking the Phenom i decided to run some tests i ran prime 95 for 18 minutes with no problems and now running CINEBENCH R10. When i got my AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.1 GHz and installed it it peered like a kitten then i said im gonna push my luck i restarted my computer and went into my BIOS and enabled my UCC(Unlock CPU core) Feature on my Asrock N68-s UCC and pressed F10 then my motherboard went dead(Shutdown with no warning) and i was like ohhh sh*t:( Then I restarted it and BAM!! AMD Phenom X4 B45 processor was found 6 Mb of lvl 3 cache unlocked too.
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LOL, I guess a LOT of people got this same CPU over black friday, haha. Me being one of them. I was able to unlock the 4th core, but it was getting too hot, in the high 70s C. So I had to buy an aftermarket cooler. I got this one for $30 from Newegg.com it had like 4000 reviews. It lowered a good 15 C. Now its stable and working fine. No L3 Cache, but whatever, a quad core competing with an i5. Not bad for $65
@DayGhost1000 ya ya true dat, i on the other hand play games online i need that fps to stay up…like starcraft 2…that game is hard to keep all setting at ultra and maintain 60 frame constant in big battle with like 200+ units…i bought a after market cooler too, so might as well OC, and your cpu is not gonna be 100% full load all the time…so the OC won’t harm..and even if it does…its a 65$ cpu…right now at 3.55ghz ..its nice
@Daren2007 Lol no i don’t intend on OCing its at a good stock speed and its performing ok its going good so far no problems if its not broken i’m not gonna fix it
Did u OC the CPU yet? I OC it to 3.55 and its stable cause i added alot of volts…but the temps are kinda high at max load at 66-68C…ppl say to stay below 70C so i am not gonna OC this cpu any higher…too bad i didn’t get L3 cache! oh well i bought the x3 445 for 65$ on black friday and got a quad…i also OC my gtx 460 to 905 core 2200 memory…!
@Daren2007 I know what happened to you i’m gonna PM you what is the reason for not having the lvl3 cache unlocked.
@DayGhost1000 i think i my cpu doesn’t have l3 cache i think, i unlocked it to b45 quad and stable but there is no l3 cache in zcpu…thanks for the reply…
@nigge2 Did u download and install CPU-z to get the info on the newly unlocked Phenom? or go into your BIOS and see if it says 6MB of cache?
My athlon II X3 445 unlocked into PII X4 too but no L3 cache… I just changed the AsRock UCC and it was like that, is there anything else i need to change? My mobo is AsRock N68C-S UCC
@Daren2007 How do you know the 3rd lvl of cache was not unlocked? It did not show up in the BIOS? Did u install CPU-Z to find out if the lvl3 cache was unlocked? Give me details so i can help you:)
i unlocked my x3 445 to a b45 too but there was no l3 cache is there a way i can enable it? or if it doesn’t show up that mean theres none?
@nickdavijhon lol the only way to unlock the forth core is in the bios u said you wanted to see if u unlocked the 6MB of lvl cache too so i said to download cpu-z and you will see the specs of the newly unlocked phenom all levels of cache too. You can all so the cache size from the bios too.
@DayGhost1000 actually, i haven’t downloaded anything, i was able to unlock from the bios. For some reason my bios had the option to unlock core.so where can i download that cpu-z?
Thanks man this is real help imma go ahead now and try it
@nickdavijhon i think you already did download and install CPU-Z when i had the Athlon II X3 it was only 3×512=(1.5 Mb) of lvl 2 cache the 3rd slot was faded and empty but when i unlocked it to the phenom i reopened CPU-Z and the 3rd slot was saying 4X512= (6Mb) of lvl 3 cache.
You are the man, i just unlock mine and it was pretty easy. But how do i unlock the level 3 cache?
@dexdervinzippo Yes i found posts that people have successfully unlocked the Phenom II X2 555 BE on a ma785gt-ud3h MOBO.
Oh great, but, im thiking now of buying Phenom II x2 555 BE for unlocking to @ 4 Cores, can i unlock it?
@dexdervinzippo Yes i have confirmation that the Athlon II X3 435 can be unlocked with 6 MB of lvl 3 cache.
when u do UCC feature L3 is unlocked too? or only with X3 445? cuz im gonna buy 435