Unlocking the 4th core on a Athlon II X3 450 3.2Ghz

[QuickyTime]

Hi guys i'm George and i'm new to the community here, but i just got a new system and i know that there's a 4th core that can be unlocked on my CPU but i'm not sure of a few things.

First i don't know quite how to unlock it, secondly i don't know if my system will be able to support it like stability wise.

My system is this:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
ASrock 770iCafe Mobo
AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2Ghz(Rana)
16GB of G.Skill ripjaw DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3.1GB
Antec 1000w PSU

I know my PC runs well, but was just wondering about the 4th core.

Thanks for anyone that can help me out on this, i'm not completely new to computers but iv'e never dealt with a 3 core processor that has a 4th core locked..

 

[Jonas Magnusson]

Hi guys i'm George and i'm new to the community here, but i just got a new system and i know that there's a 4th core that can be unlocked on my CPU but i'm not sure of a few things.

First i don't know quite how to unlock it, secondly i don't know if my system will be able to support it like stability wise.

My system is this:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
ASrock 770iCafe Mobo
AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2Ghz(Rana)
16GB of G.Skill ripjaw DDR3
AMD Radeon HD 7950 3.1GB
Antec 1000w PSU

I know my PC runs well, but was just wondering about the 4th core.

Thanks for anyone that can help me out on this, i'm not completely new to computers but iv'e never dealt with a 3 core processor that has a 4th core locked..

Download AMD Overdrive and go to the CPU section and see if it uses all the cores, if not.
Go to RUN(by pressing windows key and R at the same time)> type in msconfig> press enter> select the "system boot" tab> click on advanced settings>check the processor box>select all 4 cores(if you can only select 3, then you have 3)>reboot>DONE!!