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**Amit** · April 26th, 2012 12:13 AM

AMD Phenom II X4 965 on Newegg for $109.99 GO GO Before they sell out! That's all you really need and upgrade the GPU, but if you want a beast CPU you should look towards the X6 line instead of the X4 or go for the X4 960T which you can unlock into a 6-core CPU and overclock it.

**Higuy** · April 26th, 2012 05:14 AM

Im assuming this is the x6 line you are talking about?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819106012

For 30 more dollars I will probably get it, still pretty inexpensive compared to the intel processors.

Also, any thoughts on this mobo? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131767

It looks like it will work with the AMD CPU I linked above and the one you did as well.

**Amit** · April 26th, 2012 04:35 PM

It's a good motherboard. I was going to get it to run with my X4 955 Black Edition, but they were sold out at the local shop so I went with the Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 instead. If you plan to overclock go with a Black Edition Phenom II CPU, but if not, just stick with the regular editions. They are usually fast enough. The 970 series chipsets are not good for SLI or CrossFire, though. If you want that, go for at least a 980 series board to get 8x + 8x lane speeds. Or if you want mega performance in dual GPU configuration, go for a more expensive 990 chipset board.

Also, AMD released some pretty beast drivers yesterday: http://www.techspot.com/news/48346-c...r-hd-7000.html

**JackalStomper** · April 29th, 2012 01:38 AM

NVIDIA recently launched its new ~~tank~~ dual gpu card: http://www.techpowerup.com/165064/NV...-Launched.html

**king_nothing_** · April 29th, 2012 02:27 AM

I just ordered a 3770k BWAHAHAAHAAHA

(and a whole new rig)

**JackalStomper** · April 29th, 2012 03:29 AM

enjoy your sandy bridge performance with an improved ~~price~~ IGPU

**king_nothing_** · April 29th, 2012 01:14 PM

Better clock-for-clock performance, less power consumption, and a much better GPU (which I'll actually use for my TV; not sure if it'll be noticeable for what I'll be using it for though).

No, it's not a big performance increase from Sandy, but there is an increase. Anyone expecting huge performance gains was being unrealistic to say the least; it's a die shrink. It's a tick, not a tock.

And anyway, I'm coming from an e6750. I didn't wait this long to get something a year+ old to save a few bucks and then possibly later regret not going for Ivy.