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go to bios and force enable all 4 cores

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yeah if at least CPU-Z says its a 2500k just enable all cores.

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Look at the top of the CPU. If it says anything but 2500k he sold him another CPU. 

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If it actually is a 2500K, there might be an option in the BIOS to enable all of the cores, and they might be parked (maybe, not entirely sure on that).

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If you can't enable 4 CORES, your friend got pretty ripped off. ;)

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How cheap is "pretty cheap"? 

 

And if "pretty cheap" means that the product was priced significantly lower than similar -legitimate- products, did you no think to fully verify all the details before you bought it?

 

 

but anyway, if it is a legitimate 2500K, you should be able to enable the other cores in the BIOS, and you should be all set.. 

/Not sure how someone would spoof numbers in CPU-Z, but it probably is possible if someone really wanted to..

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How cheap is "pretty cheap"? 

 

And if "pretty cheap" means that the product was priced significantly lower than similar -legitimate- products, did you no think to fully verify all the details before you bought it?

 

 

but anyway, if it is a legitimate 2500K, you should be able to enable the other cores in the BIOS, and you should be all set.. 

/Not sure how someone would spoof numbers in CPU-Z, but it probably is possible if someone really wanted to..

 

 

What motherboard do you have? If it doesn't have an 1155 socket you got ripped off hard.

 

 

If you can't enable 4 CORES, your friend got pretty ripped off. ;)

 

 

This.

 

If it actually is a 2500K, there might be an option in the BIOS to enable all of the cores, and they might be parked (maybe, not entirely sure on that).

 

 

The processor itself should say i5 2500k on the top. Make sure you reset your bios to default to make sure that you do not have any disabled features (although I doubt it). The i5 2500k is supposed to have four cores.

 

 

yeah if at least CPU-Z says its a 2500k just enable all cores.

 

 

Try loking in the bios for them,

 

 

Look at the top of the CPU. If it says anything but 2500k he sold him another CPU. 

 

 

go to bios and force enable all 4 cores

 

 

I think he got ripped off there.

i will tell him to check bios, but if his cpu is single core i will laugh at him all day long :P

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i will tell him to check bios, but if his cpu is single core i will laugh at him all day long :P

 

I'd be kind of skeptical about any 2500K less than $100 unless you actually knew the seller...


 

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I'd be kind of skeptical about any 2500K less than $100 unless you actually knew the seller...

it is a decent cpu that runs at 3.3 i think.... my friend wants to upgrade to i5-3750 and i saw his cpu.... that's how everything started.... i'm gonna tell him also to call the company that sold the pc to him...
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I opened BIOS and it said enabled cores --> all

and it had 3 options 1 2 and 3 cores i put it to 3 and there was no difference i could see

also he told me that the guy he bought from is trusstworthy beacuse he is a friend

(still the name on BIOS is i5 2500k)

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I agree with Benji, you probably use some 20$ bullshit mobo.

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BIOS update the motherboard maybe?

It could help.

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Maybe you could try out another board. It looks rather like a crappy board. You can also try to activate two cores to see if that's working. Tell us the model of the Mainboard first.

 

 

I agree with Benji, you probably use some 20$ bullshit mobo.

 

 

BIOS update the motherboard maybe?

his motherboard is an AsRock H67M

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I opened BIOS and it said enabled cores --> all

and it had 3 options 1 2 and 3 cores i put it to 3 and there was no difference i could see

also he told me that the guy he bought from is trusstworthy beacuse he is a friend

(still the name on BIOS is i5 2500k)

 

If it was me to avoid any settings in the BIOS being the cause I would removed the CMOS battery to clear the BIOS and re-insert

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Open "MSCONFIG" and look for this.

nrprocessors.png

 

Maybe someone had changed it once.....

 

Make sure its set correctly because even if your bios is set correctly, this will still apply.

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