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CDC Mail Guy

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For gaming. Want to spend roughly around $150 < or > Will be dropping in a AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE. HAS to have 2 PCIE slots, and would be nice (although not necessary) to have the quick connect thing and 6 SATA ports as well as a e-SATA...that would be nice :)
 
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You mentioned you wanted 2 PCIe slots so i went with the GX chipset not the G in the board you mentioned, the GX will do 8x/8x the G only 16x/4x so the GX is a better board for crossfire. Also the 850 southbridge is better than the 710. Good luck with your build!
 
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Um...this WILL be a HUGE performance increase over my 775 Gigabyte board and Core 2 Duo 8400, correct? Not only the motherboard, but the AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU as well.
 
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yeah it will be. However if i could swing it i would probably go with 1155 right now, all other sockets are dead end right now.
 
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Rifterut said:
i know, thats why i said if you could swing it, would be worth waiting a month or 2 till you can save the cash imo.
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Yeah, but it might also be worth it to get something cheap & fast, and then see what AMD brings to the table in those months coming up, if anything, by then, prices for SB setups will come down.
 
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CDC Mail Guy said:
Um...this WILL be a HUGE performance increase over my 775 Gigabyte board and Core 2 Duo 8400, correct? Not only the motherboard, but the AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE CPU as well.
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Not quite as large as maybe you are hoping.

Here is the Anandtech bench results comparing those 2 exact CPU's

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/102?vs=56

Gaming results are nearly identical but modern multithreaded benchmarks do show a slight edge to the Phenom ][ X4 965 BE, but not by much considering it has double cores.
 
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Okay, so now I am a little depressed...LoL...I said a LITTLE depressed. Listen, I'm just like most here...never happy with what I have after a while, and looking for upgrade :) My computer is never "done"....only between upgrades. I know that is someone's signature here, and it defines ME perfectly :)

If what I intend on doing doesn't give me the performance increase I am looking for, then why am I planning on spending the money? :) Maybe I should just get a quad to drop into this board, and spend the money on new graphics card. Looking at the MAJORITY of results of my HD 5850 VS a HD 5970 and later down the road maybe buy another one to run in SLI, but I am "concerned" that my CPU will be a bottleneck?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=165

I REALLY hate my Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard....it has NEVER held my 3.6 OC, as neither did the other GB I had before it :(

Thank you for the link to the comparison page nenforcer...now I can take a look around and see what will be the best for what I want to do.

As stated previously...I am just looking for a change. My games and apps are running just fine, but I want better. Been a couple years, and it is time for change :)
 
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For the type of performance increase you are looking for you are about 5-6 months away on the AMD side before they release 8-Core Bulldozer CPU's and about 8-9 months away on the Intel side before they release 8-Core Ivy Bridge Socket 2011 CPU's.

I would suggest you wait until the end of this year before upgrading.

You will have much better options than what is currently available.
 
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Thank you. I really do NOT have the money to spend on anything that will not give me the increase that I would like to see. Everything I have is good enough for what I do for the most part...the exception, of course, being Crysis...but even that is playable on my system.

So, I again, say thanks for the advice.
 
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CDC Mail Guy said:
Okay, so now I am a little depressed...LoL...I said a LITTLE depressed. Listen, I'm just like most here...never happy with what I have after a while, and looking for upgrade :) My computer is never "done"....only between upgrades. I know that is someone's signature here, and it defines ME perfectly :)

If what I intend on doing doesn't give me the performance increase I am looking for, then why am I planning on spending the money? :) Maybe I should just get a quad to drop into this board, and spend the money on new graphics card. Looking at the MAJORITY of results of my HD 5850 VS a HD 5970 and later down the road maybe buy another one to run in SLI, but I am "concerned" that my CPU will be a bottleneck?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/164?vs=165

I REALLY hate my Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard....it has NEVER held my 3.6 OC, as neither did the other GB I had before it :(

Thank you for the link to the comparison page nenforcer...now I can take a look around and see what will be the best for what I want to do.

As stated previously...I am just looking for a change. My games and apps are running just fine, but I want better. Been a couple years, and it is time for change :)
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Update: Found the PROPER way to OC the 8400 on this GB board, and now have it over-clocked to 3.8 stable with temps in low 30s. I don't want to try pushing it further, and don't feel I need to. However, the fan on my 5850 died yesterday, so I am not going to be gaming for a couple days until I get my new HSF for it.
 
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