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My Phenom II 955 Setup Could use advice pls.

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Well after 4 years being on my 939 X2 4200 dual core I finally made my purchase today at the egg because it was a good deal.

This is what I picked up.

Phenom II 955
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-674-_-Product

Asus EVO AM3 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-402-_-Product

G Skill DDR3 1600 I am a BIT worried about this one, it says specifically designed for i5/i7. Hope it works out on my setup at rated speeds could use some input. Thanks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-303-_-Product

Coolermaster V8 Rifle, it doesnt say its supports AM3 could use some feedback if this will work/fit properly in a midtower.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-055-_-Product

ALL 4 pieces for $350 was trying to find the best deal I could find on the egg. I hope this was the best choice.

I have a Corsair 850w and Sapp4870 in my rig right now so ill just drop it on this setup.

My main concern is if there would have been a better build opt at the $350 price range for a cpu/mobo/ram/heatsink.

Thanks In Advance.
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If you plan on going dual cards in the future, you should have bought a 790FX board. Besides that the RAM will work perfectly, the 955 is a great CPU, and the V8 is pretty solid. Be happy with your build, it looks nice.
FX was to expensive and i figured that 4870's CF can tap into x16 x16? or am i wrong O_O'
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FX was to expensive and i figured that 4870's CF can tap into x16 x16? or am i wrong O_O'
The only chipset for AMD that can run two cards at both x16 bandwidth is 790FX. Although x8 won't bottleneck two 4870's, so you're fine.
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The only chipset for AMD that can run two cards at both x16 bandwidth is 790FX. Although x8 won't bottleneck two 4870's, so you're fine.
say are you happy with your 955?

do you ever lag in games or anything?

whats is like having a quad core o_O'
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put it this way me going from my 4400x2 too my 720 witch it only a tri was basically night and day, certain games i had huge frame rate increases(dawn of war II, gta4, basically any cpu intensive game) and all around it was smoother running.
I went from a E6300 core 2 to a 720BE, and the performance difference was massive. In all honesty my core 2 felt about the same as my Venice 3200+...

Love my quad core
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