i have the phenom II 560 , paired with biostar a880g+ motherboard......i am able to unlock all 4 cores on this cpu, just by changing a setting in the bios.....

this is pretty cool, though i knew it was being done,....i also had a 565, but could only unlock 3 cores

the biostar boards works great, and was cheap..this is my 2nd biostar board, and they both work great..i sometimes think they get a bad rap from recent years...some of the reviews on the newer , more expensive biostar boards get really good reviews....what i like, is that you don,t have to spend a huge amount of money on biostar boards