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Problem solved. Bought a Asus Sabertooth 990FX mobo and now im overclocking at 3.4 GHz.

Just an update I decided to go all out and upgrade everything since this is my first computer and all. My system now has: Phenom II X3 720 BE MB ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX AM3+ Mobo 8 GB of DDR3 Powercooler Radeon HD 6850 Graphics card Hyper 212+ Cooler PSU CORSAIR 750W I think I am going to wait...

Cmon guys I need your help!

So I recently replaced my old Athlon 64 with a Phenom II X3 720BE. As you can see from my crappy mobo, I cannot unlock the 4th core or even attempt to. Besides that point I noticed that the BIOS as a nice tab (JUSTwoot!!) for overclocking. I have read overclocking the 720 is not that difficult...

Im staying with the 450W for now, I dont think I will have a problem for now as I was reading that I can overclock the cpu up to 16X without an increase in voltage so ill leave it at that. Im looking into getting a new PSU in the next month or so though. Would it be safe to unlock and...

Should also note that I got the arctic thermal 5 paste

Also to answer some questions about the games I want to play: Batman Arkham City Deus Ex: HR Fallout Borderlands (2) The Old Republic Diablo 3 I understand I wont have optimal graphics but I have no problem turning down textures and shadows. Ive been playing off a laptop for the last 4 years...

What I ended up doing was getting a Phenom II X3 720. My friend was giving me a Geforce GTS 450 so thats why I started this thread I just wanted to make sure I would be able to use that graphics card. I am very glad you guys told me that I needed a CPU upgrade and the phenom I was able to find...

Well i really appreciate you stepping in and saving me before I got all confused

my mobo has ddr2 RAM and has AM2+

thanks for all of your help guys

Is this dangerous to the cpu at all? Also is this something I would have to do in the BIOS or would this occur on its own?