mobo suggestion / unlocking cache athlon x4 620

[elvesbane]

Re: unlocking cache athlon x4 620

Hi,

AFAIK, Athlon 2 X4 620 (Propus) do not physically posses any L3 cache. So there’s nothing to unlock.

I remember reading something about (very) early batches of X4 620 (non-Propus) were unlockable. But I highly doubt these are still in circulation.

Googling should help you confirm this.

Ah, here’s a good source.

AMD Athlon II X4 620 review

The initial Athlon II X4 samples actually were Deneb based and as such some of the early samples were able to have their L3 caches unlocked. This is a thing of the past now as AMD switched over to the less expensive ‘Propus’ design for the Athlon II X4 620 and 630. Propus doesn’t have any physical 6MB L3 cache at all, so your chances of activating it using the ACC will be really slim unless you run into a very early production batch.