Redundant CPU Cores

[ScubaSteve404]

do intel CPUs really have "Redundant Cores" to increase the processor's life span or is it an internet myth?

[tp95112]

Iv never heard of this. Do you mean processors having extra cores disabled? If so alot of processors tend to have extra cores disabled cause either they didnt make it as a xeon or whatever and resold as another 

[Technomancer__]

14 minutes ago, ScubaSteve404 said:

do intel CPUs really have "Redundant Cores" to increase the processor's life span or is it an internet myth?

where did you heard that

its boolshit

if it had more cores intel whould just sell it with all the cores enabled as a higher core cpu and more expensive

[ScubaSteve404]

1 minute ago, Ethocreeper said:

where did you heard that

its boolshit

if it had more cores intel whould just sell it with all the cores enabled as a higher core cpu

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+activate+redundant+cores

[Enderman]

Lol no.

They have disabled cores because of flaws during manufacturing, and they are sold at lower prices.

That's why every CPU isn't an i7.

[Technomancer__]

2 minutes ago, ScubaSteve404 said:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+activate+redundant+cores

 he disabled 3 of his cores and then showed you how to enable them

[agent_x007]

24 minutes ago, Ethocreeper said:

 he disabled 3 of his cores and then showed you how to enable them

No, he didn't.
He simply set maximum number of THREADS, OS can use.
(a "Processor" in msconfig = a Thread on actual CPU).
Now, if he wanted to put a Phenom II Hex Core in there now, that CPU would always be seen as a Quad Core (even in CPU-z).
To re-enable the other two cores, he would have to uncheck "Number of Processors" in msconfig's advanced boot options, and restart the PC.
THIS OPTION DOES NOT UNLOCK HIDDEN CPU CORES !!!

To put it in another way :
That's why you should ALWAYS read what a thing does.
In this case it ALWAYS CAPS (as in LIMITS), the number of threads you can have while maximum memory limits RAM capacity that can be used by OS.
To enable any one of them on a normal, day-to-day PC is stupid.

Those options are for virtualisation mostly (to keep VMs from hogging too much resources from host system).