AMD Tri-Core to Quad Core

[balls2dawall]

First, this is an easter egg hunt; only certain X3's will work. Processors made during the 46th & 51st weeks of 2008, plus 4th & 6th weeks of 2009. This can be found with a date stamp on the CPU. Also, to unlock the core and certain MB is needed; mostly the AMD 790FX or GX chipsets will have to BIOS feature (ACC). The only processors that currently unlock are the Phenom II X3 710; trying to unlock CPU's outside the time frames will lock up your CPU....good luck for 100 bones

 

[SnipeAndRecon]

I heard about this when I first bought this thing. Apparently the reasoning behind this being possible is the demand for tri-core processors was so high that they had to use already established quad-cores and shut down a core. It's like winning the lottery. Sadly enough, I didn't win...

 

[Gilup]

The new 980a nvidia chipset also has a NCC that can enable cores. Plus this dual core x2 550 just came out and already people are getting the other 2 cores to work great for a fraction of the cost

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103680