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Your opinions on my new build semi budget build.

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So this is what I finally went with,

Amd Phenom X2 955 unlocked to X4 (hopefully)

MSI 880GM-E41 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL

XIGMATEK LOKI SD963 92mm HYPRO Bearing CPU Cooler

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

LG Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

CORSAIR Builder Series CMPSU-500CX 500W ATX12V v2.3 Active PFC Power Supply

Xigmatek ASGARD II B/O CPC-T45UE-U01 Black / Orange 0.8 mm SECC / Aluminum and Aluminum Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Plus I picked up a Radeon HD 6850 for graphics

What do you think of the quality? Will it last a bit? Possible upgrade paths that could make it last longer?

Thanks for the help guys!

Yes the black edition seems to be the most reliable when it comes to this, at newegg there seems to be a 80-85% success rate for all four cores and almost all of those who tried to unlock the cores got a third core. It seems like an interesting chance to take, if it doesn't work I'll still be able to oc it to at least 3.8ghz.
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