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Twist86 · 07-23-2008, 03:42 PM

Well my rig has just about seen its last days I wanted to upgrade its CPU though before I say good bye to it. Mainly making sure I have a good enough CPU for Far Cry 2 when it gets released.

I was curious my board cannot handle 125w+ CPUs so I am stuck with getting either a X2 5800+ or a Phenom 9550.

My board supports
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...&cat3_no=#menu

I attempted to OC my 2.3ghz X2 4400+ but for some reason the over clock worked like a charm all day but when the PC was turned off for more then a hour I was unable to boot back up having to pop the battery out.

So which would you recommend? I would think the Phenom since 4 cores vs 2 but would my rig really see the potential of it? Or should I shoot for a tri core?

Also I hear ppl talking about cooling phenoms with a Arctic 64 Pro is this for real? If so whats your temps. ATM my 64 with 100% CPU use for 1-2 hours using heavyload) gives about 42c temps in a 84F room.

07-23-2008, 03:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Twist86 Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 649	X2 5800+ vs 9550 Agena Well my rig has just about seen its last days I wanted to upgrade its CPU though before I say good bye to it. Mainly making sure I have a good enough CPU for Far Cry 2 when it gets released. I was curious my board cannot handle 125w+ CPUs so I am stuck with getting either a X2 5800+ or a Phenom 9550. My board supports http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...&cat3_no=#menu I attempted to OC my 2.3ghz X2 4400+ but for some reason the over clock worked like a charm all day but when the PC was turned off for more then a hour I was unable to boot back up having to pop the battery out. So which would you recommend? I would think the Phenom since 4 cores vs 2 but would my rig really see the potential of it? Or should I shoot for a tri core? Also I hear ppl talking about cooling phenoms with a Arctic 64 Pro is this for real? If so whats your temps. ATM my 64 with 100% CPU use for 1-2 hours using heavyload) gives about 42c temps in a 84F room. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 333x9- 3.0ghz Evga 8800GT 512mb 4x 1GB G-skill PC6400 DDR2 800 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 TX750w Corsair PSU Seagate ST3320620AS 7200RPM 320gb Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Crap...Intel stole my heart from AMD. Last edited by Twist86; 07-23-2008 at 03:47 PM.