unlocking cores is it safe?

[cdcrobbie]

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noob question... safe ba ni in the long run? kay it must be locked for a reason? then some bios update kay ni suggest nga e tang2x ang unlocking features by the cpu company

nya sulit ra ba? lets say you buy a dual core and unlock it to a quad core but you need to buy a fan cooler, compared sa mo buy ka quad core daan then rely sa iya stock fan?

[Jason4eveR]

1st of all, stock cooler that comes with the processor is not advisable.

Regarding to your question, yes it is safe and no need to worry about it.

I have my AMD Athlon X2 5000 unlocked to AMD Phenom X4 FX-5000 and overclocked to 3.3 GHz with CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ with no problems and running 10-12h a day stable.

[Sasori]

@Jason4eveR

so u mean bai the stock cooler is not enuf when u unlock an AMD proc's xtra core? mura diay ka nag OC ana?

[simoko]

the official line is: The cores are DISABLED for a reason: THEY FAILED FACTORY TESTS...some of which are defects in the silicon substrate, problems running at full frequency or a bug introduce during manufacturing...

what they don't tell you is that it is more financially sound to disable cores & sell them at the lower segment than just throwing them out...

for AMD...the best ones become quad-cores, while the rest w/ defects becomes X3's, X2's

for Intel...the dual cores w/ defective core becomes Celeron single core or the Core Solo series...for its quadcore lines they do not because they do not use a true quadcore design...its actually 2 dual core chips in one substrate...disabling core would hurt its performance...Intel's true quadcore design starts w/ the Core i7...

[Jason4eveR]

@Sasori: i didn't say that stock cooler is not enough when you unlock the core(s), ofcourse you can still use the stock cooler if you're on a budget.

[isaacrobot]

the official line is: The cores are DISABLED for a reason: THEY FAILED FACTORY TESTS...some of which are defects in the silicon substrate, problems running at full frequency or a bug introduce during manufacturing...

what they don't tell you is that it is more financially sound to disable cores & sell them at the lower segment than just throwing them out...

for AMD...the best ones become quad-cores, while the rest w/ defects becomes X3's, X2's

for Intel...the dual cores w/ defective core becomes Celeron single core or the Core Solo series...for its quadcore lines they do not because they do not use a true quadcore design...its actually 2 dual core chips in one substrate...disabling core would hurt its performance...its true quadcore design starts w/ the Core i7...

panagsa nlng ko mka kita mo post si master simoko pero sulit sad kaaug mge replies.

[Sasori]

1st of all, stock cooler that comes with the processor is not advisable.

so wat do u mean by this bai? ^^

[swiftkillu]

He means that it is better to buy and use an aftermarket cooler...

[regilsolon]

@TS : maybe this it helps to you.

"Unlocking AMD CPU Cores Safe Say Mobo Makers "


Unlocking AMD CPU Cores Safe Say Mobo Makers

excerpts :

" Despite what we were told, we still recommend that if you're going to unlock disabled cores, do so with caution in mind--there is always a risk that something will go wrong. "

[werty]

regarding the unlocked cores, will these mean hotter temps compared to locked cores (@stock speeds)..