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So is there any source for a decently cheap motherboard with multiplier control? (After reading this thread I got motivated and was able to score a Xeon x5660 engineering sample for $62 :) )
this move could also be simply to prevent people buying retail chips finding out they don't unlock and returning them (where AMD probably eats a lot more of the cost) compared to OEM chips where the warranty is mainly through the dealer.
Hi trying to build a backup device for my lab (did one earlier this year based on people's advice here - only 10 drives and it was a great success):
What we are thinking right now is:
Case: SUPERMICRO CSE-846TQ-R900B
(can I get an ATX board in this case..newegg has a special with an asus...
You can not unlock a brisbane chip, this is limited to the phenom II chips that have some of their cores disabled (ex x2 550, x3 720, sempron 140, or for cache x4 620)