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I didn't choose the setup - it was given to me. I was surprised with the motherboard, fan, and power supply they choose, but it does power up and run. I had been planning on upgrading my 9 year old system with a current i7 (and matching MB/RAM + SSD), but if this setup is safe to run as is (also...

I picked up an FX-9590 with 990 FX Killer motherboard, Thermaltake NiC C5 CPU Cooler, EVGA 500 power supply, and XFX Radeon HD 7870 GPU. Is this setup safe? Research reveals that the MB does not support a 220W CPU and even most liquid coolers were not powerful enough to handle the FX-9590 when...