All Retail Core i7 CPUs Unlocked? in Overclocking/Modding http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22041252 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:02:21 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:02:21 EDT Re: All Retail Core i7 CPUs Unlocked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22071508 ocznutcase : what they are showing is the QPI bus speed and yes, this is unlocked.

the i7 920 and 940 have what is called turbo mode and is like this:

the 920's default multipier is 20x. when turbo mode is enabled, the multiplier will go up to 21x.

the 940 is default: 21x. turbo is 22x..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22071508 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:28:38 EDT Re: All Retail Core i7 CPUs Unlocked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22041538 Mchart :
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Well, sort of,...

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I haven’t even tried this. I thought everything on the retail Core i7 920 and 940 were locked.
Yeah, anandtech and others reported on this a while back. Definatly makes the 920 that much more attractive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22041538 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:41:48 EDT All Retail Core i7 CPUs Unlocked? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22041252 Octavean : Well, sort of,...

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I haven’t even tried this. I thought everything on the retail Core i7 920 and 940 were locked.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22041252 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:55:18 EDT