I'm looking to upgrade to an, AMD Phenom II X6 1045T Thuban 2.7GHz CPU. I've read several of the reviews on, Newegg and as usual they make me nervous! (Scary stuff, if you will!) I've heard that this is an unlocked processor?! Then someone else wrote that it's locked! What does that mean?? The other things I see are temperature issues. Most say it runs very cool! Then you get the guys that say how "HOT" it runs! I guess I'm looking for a straight answer. This CPU is the max upgrade for the mobo in this machine. (HP P6620F) In this rig is as follows; Phenom II X4 830, 500 watt PSU, GIGABYTE GT440 (OC version) GPU and 16 gig of DDR3 G.Skill Ripjaw X. No, I'm not interested in the 8 core "Bulldozer". Bottom line, do I have to do all kinds of, off the wall stuff to use it? Or am I good to go right out of the box?
I want to say, "Thank you!" in advance for any and all input I can get on this.
I want to say, "Thank you!" in advance for any and all input I can get on this.