Finally Finished Phenom II build

Bacon

Bacon

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This was my first build and it took me about 6 hours to put all the hardware together, but it took a couple days of BSOD troubleshooting before it became stable. Now that it is, here are a few pics. Specs in sig.

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Sorry about the poor quality, I'm in dire need of a new camera :o

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Would love to hear what you guys think.
 
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WTF is everyone going for the Phenom II??

They are worse than most Core 2 Duo's!

Other then that, looks good.
 
Elimin8or said:
WTF is everyone going for the Phenom II??

They are worse than most Core 2 Duo's!

Other then that, looks good.
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That thing will crush a Core 2 Duo...not even a chance the Intel would stand.

Great rig, I am thinking about doing an AMD/ATI build next summer.
 
ScOuT said:
That thing will crush a Core 2 Duo...not even a chance the Intel would stand.

Great rig, I am thinking about doing an AMD/ATI build next summer.
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have you read the reviews? did I say core 2 duo? Oops not the Core 2 duos, i ment some of the faster quads and the i7's my bad....crap, now im even typing wrong!

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/meet_phenom_again?page=0,1

There, that's from maximumpc. The 9550 is better in most parts. But it costs more.

still can't beleive i said core 2 duo...I think my brother accidently told me that so I really shoulda checked first, huh?
 
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Only problem I've had so far is with the motherboard, the layout sucks to the point where its crossfire capable, but not probable. If I were to add another 4870 it would cover up all the sata ports :(

I'm also having trouble updating the bios so it properly recognizes the cpu, other than that I'm thrilled with this computer. Heres a few more pictures, hopefully better quality and thanks for all the comments everyone.

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I still have a bit of cable management left, but overall I think it looks pretty good.
 
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just a noob said:
try getting some 90 degree sata connectors, you should be able to use some more sata ports that way
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Right..lol I totally forgot about those :o

Well at least I now know I'm not restricted to one graphics card


Edit: I'm also considering buying a CPU cooler, anyone have any suggestions?
 
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looking great,However that stock cpu cooler looks nasty :D

stuck a tuniq tower on it or a decent Zalman.
 
Nevakonaza said:
looking great,However that stock cpu cooler looks nasty :D

stuck a tuniq tower on it or a decent Zalman.
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The stock cooler is doing a relatively decent job, which surprised me, I didn't even bother wasting any arctic silver 5 on it, but I'm getting temps of about 39-40C at idle and around 52C under load, ambient temp is 21-22C
 
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