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i just bought this computer it said it had a 4600 and in it but cpu-z shows 5000 is cpu-z right

Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Codename Windsor
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Package Socket AM2 (940)
CPUID F.3.2
Extended CPUID F.43
Brand ID 4
Core Stepping JH-F2
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2204.6 MHz (11.0 x 200.4 MHz)
HT Link speed 1002.1 MHz
 
lol, did someone build the CPU custom to your specs?
Or was it an out of the box kind like a dell?

Becuase CPU-Z doesn't lie.
But when people build computers to customers specs, they can make mistakes =) Haha.
Did you pay for a 4600?

*edit*
Now that I think about it, the clock speed seems a bit off I think.
AMD 5000 runs @ 2600mhz if I recall correctly... o.O
 
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hp a1730n got at curuitcity???
i looked at the computer on desplay it sayed 5000 to
but the spec on hp web site and curuitcity both say suposted to be 4600
sorry for misspelled words in a hurry

the clock speed shows what the cpu is at at that point i just checked it agin and say 2600????????//
 
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iN A SENSE! If you oc a cpu you will often see the next higher model number. If you backclock a cpu you end up seeing the next lower one. Most series of cpus are simply based on one die or another with the speed set differnently for each model. You'll notice that the higher the model the less you can oc it. CPU-Z there most likely misread the model or the cpu is running a little over stock.
 
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iN A SENSE! If you oc a cpu you will often see the next higher model number. If you backclock a cpu you end up seeing the next lower one. Most series of cpus are simply based on one die or another with the speed set differnently for each model. You'll notice that the higher the model the less you can oc it. CPU-Z there most likely misread the model or the cpu is running a little over stock.
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Exactly. Happens to me when i oc.
 
Since they may have simply ran out of the 4600+ someone simply threw in the 5000+ or it was mislabeled or perhaps got mixed in with the worng batch. If so you made out with the higher model.
 
Sometimes if a vendor runs out of a lesser model due to system buiilders buying up one model to upgrade a case or ordering a different bundle they may throw in the newer one just to clear out their inventory of a given model. That sells on complete to make room for newer models coming in. Or if that model was shipped already assembled someone goofed somewhere prior to the vendor receiving it. Either way you came out ahead by the looks of things. Why complain?
 
The a1730n is definitely supposed to have the 4600+. I considered buying the a1730n to replace my a1410n. The circuit city display said it was supposed to have the 5000+? Per circuit city's website it states the 4600+

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-P...71275/catOid/-12962/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

Like said above you may have gotten lucky and they stuck in a 5000+ because they were out of 4600+'s and the cost of haulting assembly would have been greater then the slightly reduced profit by giving you the better chip. Sounds like a killer deal if you got the 5000...did you pay a similar dollar figure to what's stated on the CC website?
 
Besides Circuit City every other place lists the 4600+ X2 as the cpu that model comes with. If CPU-Z isn't way off and you are seeing 5000+ on the post without ocing that's the model you ended up with.
 
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