Ultimate Brutal System Build

I'm actually working on making a cpu and have also thought about trying to unlock the Phenom II x2 555. If you do photoshop work a lot and are doing multiple things at a time with it, I would recommend getting more cores. It's not a guarantee that the 2 cores will unlock and even 1 more for that matter. It's a gamble...If it doesn't work, you're stuck with just duo core which is great for gaming but if you multi task a lot and do other things, buy the additional cores.

I would go with a athlon II x4 or athlon II x3 since those chips are within the budget of the 555. I ended up getting the beast phenom II x4 965 since i got an outrageous deal on it ($120). If I hadn't got that, I was going to get the Athlon II x3 rana 3.0 which is at 76.99. You can save the extra bread and put it in the bank for a the great vid card your talking about. Look into the GTX 460 my friend. I did tons of research on unlocking that 555 chip and decided it was too much of a gamble. This is only if you will use those additional cores. I do graphics so the additional cores come in handy most definitely. I have PS, AI and ID open at the same time almost all the time. Good Luck!

Well, you seem to need to ask some more questions yet.

Let's start with the PSU. If I have never heard of a Storm Silent it's pretty likely junk. The only PSU I see that fits the description at scan.co.uk is completely generic, and they won't even show a picture of the label. I guarantee it won't do 350W. You seem to care about your money and components. Don't throw them away. read the PSU guide linked in my sig.


OK but the one you have selected won't fit "a great" video card. There is not enough room. And once you put that great video card into the case (if possible) you won't be able to keep it cool enough, or the little 80mm fans will whine until you go deaf or come to your senses.



This should read "I will try to unleash the two disabled cores and hope that they are not defective."

+1 you wouldn't want to cheap out on PSU and have it take out the rest key hardware with it when it dies @@ Well u mentioned a great GPU in a budget set up and perhaps this config might help ya out - remove OS, etc stuff u dun need ^^

Thanks all of you.  

Yep happy shopping/building and u are welcomed ^^