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  1. A320
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    Well I guess I gotta choose now whether to go with i7 or go from my Phenom II 940 to a 965. Bear in mind that my 940 is AM2+ (not AM3) so whichever way you slice it, it will have to be a new mobo, cpu, and DDR3 ram.
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  3. skunksmash
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    A320 said:
    Well I guess I gotta choose now whether to go with i7 or go from my Phenom II 940 to a 965. Bear in mind that my 940 is AM2+ (not AM3) so whichever way you slice it, it will have to be a new mobo, cpu, and DDR3 ram.
    lol....im in the same boat if i wanna go further, as of this moment its ok...performance is good, its only benches that show the bottleneck.

    so i'll start collecting components mid 2010 i reckon, by then we should have pricing on the 6 core Gulftown.

    (& i should be able to grab a cheap 5770 for TriFire)

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  4. ThePizzaMan
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    good plan
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