Just ordered my Ph2 X4 955BE and M4A79-T Deluxe.

[dennilfloss]

Waiting for my reseller (who, as usual, will give me credit for the parts being replaced) to email me a list of RAM choices now. 🙂

Should be a nice upgrade from what I have listed in my sig.

Oh and...GO, AMD!!!😎

 

[Eureka]

Wow, your old system is a pretty decent system as it is.

Well enjoy your new system. 🙂

 

[dennilfloss]

I tend to upgrade every three years and not wait until parts break. Three years time is up. 😀

 

[richierich1212]

Nice upgrade! You'll love it.

 

[Rifter]

yeah the new AMD PH II's ROCK 🙂 are you going to OC?

 

[dennilfloss]

Possibly if needed for more gaming oomph. Just using the multiplier though.

 

[Rifter]

yeah thats the good thing about the BE's super easy to OC, my 940 hit 3.8 without much trouble.

 

[dennilfloss]

Xigmatek HDT-S1283

That's what I bought to cool it also. :thumbsup:

 

[wolfman11]

Hey I just went from a similar rig (Opteron 185, 4 gb OCZ Platinum DDR400, ASUS A8N5X) to the system in my sig - you'll be real pleased with that chip!

 

[dennilfloss]

Cool.😎 It needs to last me ~three years (timeframe for me to save the money needed for upgrading). I got a Vista 64 Ultimate SP1 disc as a gift for it also.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Going from a s939 X2 4200+ to a modern Quad was an incredible leap in performance.

I still use that x2 4200+ as a vent server. What a waste of power!

 

[poohbear]

me too going from opty 165 w/ 2gb ram to a x3-720 w/ 4gb ram was a real shock in terms of gaming performance. Im sure the extra 2gb had alot to do w/ it, but the architecture and 7.5mh cache of the new cpu is really something else. Dawn of War2 went from 13fps to 30 fps @ 1680x1050!(everything maxed) shweet!

 

[dennilfloss]

Excellent! 😀

 

[Rifter]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss

Xigmatek HDT-S1283

That's what I bought to cool it also. :thumbsup:

This is an AWESOME cooler, you will have good results, my 940 running at 2.8 never goes over 60C unless you are doing small FFT's in prime for 12+ hours, then it hits 63 🙂 At stock clocks/voltage that cooler kept it under 44c

I have not got into a real world situation that will take my CPU above 60 though not even crysis.

This is all in my hot no AC apartment which is 25-30c most of the time.

Just see my last post in the thread here, there were some issues i had with the cooler but its a good excuse to lap the heatsink

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2305764&enterthread=y