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So a Radeon 6950 would be better because it is an AMD chip?
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Only if you ever wish to run an additional video card down the road.. That mobo supports AMDs' Crossfire, but not Nvidias' SLI technologies. Running and Nvidia card on and AMD chip will be fine, as would running an AMD card on an Nvidia chipset. I've done both without issues. Though with a single 6950, you can quite easily run three screens.
Yes, definitely get an after-market cooler. Those CPUs overclock fairly well, and it's quite easy. If you want a cheap one, the Freezer 64 line by Arctic Cooling works pretty well, and they're only 25 bucks or so.
Though now that the Bulldozer CPUs are out, you may want to have a gander at them.
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Joined: Feb 16, 2009
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Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
heres the new FX-6100 chip from the bulldozer architecture line, its available at 190$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103962
I would hold out a week or two before deciding like I am, to see reviews and bench marks on the new FX line from AMD since the benchmarks seem to be very limited and biased/deceiving so far.
Joined: Jan 21, 2009
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yeah it looks like I should hold out for a bit longer before I order stuff. thanks for the tips so far guys. and im probably going to be able to afford only one graphics card..