is it possible for a manufacturer to get the silicon mixed up

>>54959726
I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

You won the silicon lottery.

>>54959815
I thought that only mattered when it came to overclockability and that all chips should perform the same at the same speed regardless of the silicon lottery

>>54960220
Same clock speed yes but your CPU supports turbo boost so it can automatically overclock itself if there's room under the TDP. Your CPU might have a lot of room.

>>54960220
AMD made phenom chips which were often simply functional X4's and X3's and soft disabled to function as cheaper CPU's (as they sold better).
This may be a case of a higher class chip that was not fused off properly (comparable xeon, perhaps)

>>54960274
Stock cooler with the included paste in a fairly warm room. Temps are fine but not stellar.

>>54960292

huh.

Speakimg of which my dvd ripping software is only usimg 3 cores instead of 8 apparently, even though i have 8 selected (winx)

>>54960524
check the affinity of the process