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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I've been buying since the the Phenom II days with the X3 720. One could easily unlock their 4th core for an easy performance boost. Most of the time it'd work without a hassle.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Wish I knew about that trick back then! I shelled out for an X4...

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

My first AMD was a 386-40. Had several of their CPUs since. But there were a few years there that it was real tough to pick AMD.