Quote Originally Posted by Horsepower View Post
*Jun, my buddy who is an AMD fanatic told me that you have the Phenom II Black Edition.

1.) you can overclock it +1Ghz.

2.) You can unlock the 4th core by going to the BIOS and turning on ACC and Hybrid. It is due to the SB710 chip.
Yup. I read up on it. I don't really want to change my heatsink. So, that would limit me to 3.7ghz with some voltage adjustments. That would put it in the range of a Q9550.

If I leave the voltage alone, it's an easy 3.2ghz. For now, that's what I'm going with. I like taking small steps at a time with overclocking.

As for the 4th core, it's hit and miss. Basically, it's pure luck if I get one with a usable 4th core.

I figured I'd get back into overclocking. My nephews have already jumped into it big time. I prefer to hear them talk about overclocking rather than their trash talk whenever they kicked my butt gaming online