micro-ATX mobos to unlock Sempron 145

[mornington]

Hello all,

I am trying to find a cheap micro-atx board that will unlock the second core on a Sempron 145 Sargas:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103888
Someone left feedback that the MSI 970 will do it. Will this one:
http://amzn.com/B004H6W56A ?

More explanation of what feature it is exactly that unlocks cores will be educational.

Thanks!

 

[MyCoder]

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[najames]

Old post but I doubt that nvidia based boards will unlock it.

I believe you need a 710 southbridge or later chipset, plus you want to verify they implemented it. I have an Asus M4A785-M that unlocks my Sempron 140. My older Gigabyte 780G with a 700 southbridge board does not. I'd bet most 785, 760, 880 chipsets from Gigabyte, Asrock, Asus, MSI will unlock.

On my board there is a BIOS "unleashing" option that activates the extra core. The Sempron 140 becomes a dual core Athlon 4400e, my 445 triple core becomes a B45 quad core.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+II+X2+4400e

 

[mornington]

Thanks! That is really helpful. What does you need to verify that they implemented it mean?

Old post but I doubt that nvidia based boards will unlock it.

I believe you need a 710 southbridge or later chipset, plus you want to verify they implemented it. I have an Asus M4A785-M that unlocks my Sempron 140. My older Gigabyte 780G with a 700 southbridge board does not. I'd bet most 785, 760, 880 chipsets from Gigabyte, Asrock, Asus, MSI will unlock.

On my board there is a BIOS "unleashing" option that activates the extra core. The Sempron 140 becomes a dual core Athlon 4400e, my 445 triple core becomes a B45 quad core.

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+II+X2+4400e