Phenom II X2 550 turns into a Phenom II X4 B50 I got a Phenom II X2 550, a gigabyte GA MA770T UD3P MoBo, 4 GB G.Skill DDR3 1333Mhz RAM, with a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card for my innovative build. Having read about the many successes of unlocking cores, I actually wanted to do it. But I had fears of breaking the processor or motherboard, yet I still did it the similar day I built the PC. I updated the bios to the f2c version, went into the MB Intelligent Tweaker (in the bios) altered EC Firmware assortment to hybrid, as well as set the ACC to auto. Then I saved the settings and exited. A message flashed that said "UPDATING EC FIRMWARE, DON'T TURN OFF OR RESET SYSTEM!" Then the computer turned off and after about 5 seconds turned back on. Windows 7 as well as XP both assumed that the processor was a Phenom II X4 B50, and so did any other program or utility like CPU-Z. Windows 7 gave it a score of 7.3 and as a dual core it was 6.5 I ran 3DMark 06 and it gave the processor a score of 4730. As a dual core 3DMark gave it a score of 2674. So when all 4 cores where unlocked it was operational almost twice as good. It was Prime95 Stable as well as overclocking this thing was a breeze because it's a black edition and has an unlocked Multiplier. But be sure to get a good cooler if you plan on overclocking it.
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