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Phenom 940 or phenom 955

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I'm making a budget build essentially from scratch.
I decided that the phenom 920 was a good enough processor for my needs, so I went on newegg, and looked for a motherboard/cpu combo, but there was none.

Then I looked at 940, which had some decent deals.and decided on this one :http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

Then I was just looking around, and saw that the 955 had similar deals for approximately the same price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

I plan on running a 4870 and ddr2 1066 ram.
I need two pci-e slots for video cards (For future upgrades)

What should I do????
Are there any drawbacks to buying the 955 combo?

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I say go with the 955. If you ever need to get a newer AM3 board, you will be able to still use your 955 till you get a newer CPU. The 940 is AM2+ only. You probably won't be using 955 by the time you finally move to AM3, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared :D .
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There is also this deal on the Phenom II 940.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...
It's $195 for both the CPU and a 790GX Motherboard with a $80 Combo discount AND also a $20 mail in rebate.Perhaps the best bang for the buck.

Myself I went for this deal on the Phenom II 955 with a ASUS M4A79T Deluxe Motherboard $85 off on the combo.So I chose the more expensive 790FX motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?Ite...

I was about to build a Core i7 920 system but I could not justify it especially with these killer deals.
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Yeah really if you plan to run 2 graphics cards I would go with the 790FX chipset so you can run them in full X16 by X16 mode.Otherwise just use a 790GX motherboard if you're planning on using just one card (It will run one graphics card in 16 X mode).With using 2 graphics cards on a 790GX motherboard they will run in the slower X8 by X8 mode so that would be a waste.
So you will desire the same combo that I got if you want to Crossfire 2 ATI cards and have them both run at the full 16X setting.
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