Is it worth it? 9950 BE to Phenom II

Ethan3.14159

Ethan3.14159

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Hey, so right now I have an AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE. Definitely not a bad chip, really. The only real gripe I have with it is overclocking. It's 2.6 GHz stock, and I have a hell of a time getting past 3.0 GHz. I was thinking about getting a Phenom II since my motherboard supports AM2+/AM3. However, I'm not sure if it's worth it or not. I will still be using DDR2 PC6400 RAM. Do you guys think it would be worth it to go from what I have now to say a X4 940 BE or a X4 955 BE?
 
Ethan3.14159 said:
Hey, so right now I have an AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE. Definitely not a bad chip, really. The only real gripe I have with it is overclocking. It's 2.6 GHz stock, and I have a hell of a time getting past 3.0 GHz. I was thinking about getting a Phenom II since my motherboard supports AM2+/AM3. However, I'm not sure if it's worth it or not. I will still be using DDR2 PC6400 RAM. Do you guys think it would be worth it to go from what I have now to say a X4 940 BE or a X4 955 BE?
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As long as you have a decent cooler, the 940 would be a good upgrade. Tbh though, the 920 clocks nearly as good and is $40(25% or so) cheaper, just 200mhz slower stock and no unlocked multi...
 
bomberboysk said:
As long as you have a decent cooler, the 940 would be a good upgrade. Tbh though, the 920 clocks nearly as good and is $40(25% or so) cheaper, just 200mhz slower stock and no unlocked multi...
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I have a Zerotherm 92mm cooler, so I'm not too worried about that. One of the big things for me is the unlocked multiplier. The last 2 processors I've owned have been BE ones. (X2 5000+ and X4 9950) If overclocking is as good as I see it around here it seems worth it.

I have 2 8800 GT's in SLi. Will this be bottlenecking either the GPU's or the CPU?

Bodaggit23 said:
Nice signature.
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Thanks. Tis true, is it not?
 
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What do you guys think? Is the Phenom 9950 Quad-Core Processor, the two 8800 GT video cards in Scalable Link Interface (SLI) or other hardware causing a bottleneck in his system? He uses his system for Photoshop CS4 and converting Audio Video Interleave (AVI) files.

Edit: In my opinion I think the biggest bottleneck in your system for doing the above tasks is your processor.
 
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is your cpu/gpu(s) overclocked?
im sure that would make a difference
or even the amount of ram?
i would say its the cpu but i think
further investigation is required!
 
If you do upgrade your CPU dont get a Phenom II AM2+. Get a AM3, that way later if you decide to upgrade your board to AM3 and to DDR3 the processor will support it.
 
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