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Need Help with ~800 AMD Build

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Hey guys,
I, like so many people here recently, have decided to taken it upon myself to build a new gaming computer. Here is the list of things I have:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw series 4gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

GPU: GTX 460 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CD/DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...



I need help choosing a nice case as well as a powerful enough powersupply to power gtx 460 in sli and the new processors by AMD.

I guess my main concern was getting the 955, a cheaper processor, so I can upgrade to Bulldozer in the future. Any suggestions and tips are appreciated


Thanks!

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What would be the rationale behind that?

Also, is it smart to get the 955 and upgrade the cpu later when bulldozer is released? or should I just go ahead and get the i5 2500k?

Get this video card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
GTX 560 non-Ti for $170 shipped plus rebate. Best card for the price, faster and cheaper than what you picked out.

You really should go with an i3-2100 + LGA1155. It'll be much faster in games than what you picked out and use significantly less wattage (60W). In fact, the i3-2100 is faster than AMD's fastest chip, the Phenom II 980 BE:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/362?vs=289
Look towards the bottom for games.

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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Browsing the world, what happens if he OC the 980 BE also you should see the new AMD cpu, I bet you ati new series will be top line the 5000 series had like x2 more sales than the 200 series.

addison said:
Browsing the world, what happens if he OC the 980 BE also you should see the new AMD cpu, I bet you ati new series will be top line the 5000 series had like x2 more sales than the 200 series.

Still allergic to grammar I see.

The 980BE costs much more than the i3, I was just using the benchmark to show the i3-2100 will beat a Phenom II at 3.7ghz. If he were looking into spending that much on a CPU he can get an i5-2400 which will destroy any Phenom II on water or air.
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