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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: The Nstuff on August 15, 2011, 06:44:09 PM

Title: intel lets you upgrade cpu AFTER you bought it
Post by: The Nstuff on August 15, 2011, 06:44:09 PM

Oh no... not this again:


http://liliputing.com/2011/08/intel-will-let-you-pay-extra-to-upgrade-performance-of-some-chips.html (http://liliputing.com/2011/08/intel-will-let-you-pay-extra-to-upgrade-performance-of-some-chips.html)


"Intel has unveiled plans to let customers of some of its low-end chips pay a little extra to unlock a performance boost. For instance, if you get a 2.1 GHz Intel Core i3-2312M processor, you’ll be able to pay for an upgrade and suddenly the chip will turn into an Intel i3-2393M processor with a faster clock speed (possibly as high as 2.5 GHz)."

Title: Re: intel lets you upgrade cpu AFTER you bought it
Post by: krakah on August 15, 2011, 09:51:35 PM

I imagine a hack will be available much like unlocking your 6950 to a 6970 is possible.

Title: Re: intel lets you upgrade cpu AFTER you bought it
Post by: decepticon on August 16, 2011, 05:01:45 AM

Didn't this idea fail in the past?

Title: Re: intel lets you upgrade cpu AFTER you bought it
Post by: Broken on August 16, 2011, 10:49:08 AM

I am guessing this doesnt go for Dev coppies : )

Title: Re: intel lets you upgrade cpu AFTER you bought it
Post by: sully! on August 16, 2011, 11:40:25 AM

It looks like it only goes for Sandy Bridge i3's, so I don't see this affecting any of us too much.

Title: Re: intel lets you upgrade cpu AFTER you bought it
Post by: zx2slow on August 16, 2011, 12:26:15 PM

Its just unlocking another core.  There are BIOS releases to do so now, if the option to unlock a multiplier was available that would be awesome to the overclocking community.