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    unlocked 4th core? help a newbie =)

    :) I ran prime95 for about 5 minutes I think and it was fine..I don't want to run it for hours:o
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    unlocked 4th core? help a newbie =)

    Hii I have AMD athlon II x3 (tricore?) and an ASUS motherboard. When I boot up it always says to press "4" to unlock core, so today I decided to see what is was about and pressed it. It rebooted and when I checked CPU-Z the name of CPU changed to Phenom II X4 and I suppose I unlocked...
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    no your build's good, its just that I will be pretty much be gaming only sc2 and maybe diablo 3 when it comes out and I only recently found out it only uses 2 cores instead of quad :( and techspot says in sc2 benchmark "Furthermore this will also mean that those with budget quad-core processors...
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    oh boy..back to the drawing board :( would corsair 400w be enough to power all these components btw? or something with more?
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    which one and why?
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    hi! thanks alot people I've done some thinking and I will go with Phenom II x2 555 BE asus radeon HD 4870 1gig Corsair 400w 4gig g skill 1600 ddr3 samsung f3 500gb samsung cd drive I'm still not sure about case motherboard any suggestion for the build above? thanks!
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    what's a 460?:(
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    thanks :) yea I already have a windows license
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    Help with gaming rig under 500

    I'm a first time computer builder and I have no idea where to start..any rec for parts? I want to play sc2 at 1920 x 1080 at high/ultra setting :D I have no brand preference. Will be running Windows Live in the US, no Frys or Microcenter nearby I already have a...