Will this setup be bottlenecked???

[darth_thanaton]

Hello,
I was wondering if this setup will be bottlenecked in any way...AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor HDZ550WFGIBOX (I will overclock from stock 3.1 to 3.8, if not 4.0 if i can get it stable), msi nf750-g55 sli ready am3 mainboard, 8 gigs of ddr3-1333 9-9-9-24cl 1.5v g.skill ripjaws memory, 2 500 gig wd sata 32mb cache wd caviar black harddrives in raid 0, (i think it has 32mb cache? wd5001aals-00e3a0), 2 EVGA 01G-P3-1366-RX GeForce GTX 460 SE (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 in sli, Win 7 ultimate 64 sp1 all latest drivers and updates. Also if u can give me your opinion if u think that everything will work smoothly and one will not overpower/underpower the other...thanx in advance!

 

[popatim]

If you can't afford an x4 at least try for an phenom II x3. With buying a GTX460 I have to assume you plan to game and a dual core is not the way to go anymore. A triple is the sweet spot until 4 core become more mainstream.

 

[darth_thanaton]

If you can't afford an x4 at least try for an phenom II x3. With buying a GTX460 I have to assume you plan to game and a dual core is not the way to go anymore. A triple is the sweet spot until 4 core become more mainstream.

thanx 4 replying! I have a phenom x4 9850, will that be better then the phenom ii x2 550, even if i overclock the phenom ii x2 550? thank you for your response. also i do plan to game kind of on a budget so i was wondering if any of the cpus i have will work okay and not bottleneck my 2 gtx460's se until at least win 8 comes out and i will build a whole new system and have more $$$! lol! thanks once again!

 

[wintermint]

I hope you have at least 650w power supply for your potential 460 sli. My advice is to wait out and see how amd 7xxx and nVIDIA keplar fare. They're coming out this Q4 of 2011 and 2012 for keplar. I think your cpu will bottleneck 2 gtx 460. You can try unlocking its core but that's not a guarantee. As for phenom x4 vs phenom ii x2.. I would go for the Phenom II because the first generation Phenom are basically crap :x