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[Mikesshunk]

Well, my rig is just about done but I need just a few more parts.

Sometime today or tomorrow, I'll be getting a processor. I'm more or less set on either the Phenom II X4 3.4Ghz Black Edition or the X6 2.8Ghz.
Price isn't really any issue between them, but I'd like to know which one would likely perform better.

Secondly, I'm gonna need a new video card. I'd like to have something powerful enough to handle most any game you throw at it. Eventually, though, I'd like to add another card or two in Crossfire. I'm looking to spend no more than $350 tops. I'm just not thinking my old card will cut it. It's an old PCI NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT with a gig of memory.

Also, will a 750W PSU run it with the specs below and possibly some more video cards?

Just for reference, here's the specs of my to-be rig:
Xion II Case (Black and Green)
Samsung DVD Burner
Lite-On Blu-Ray Drive
MSI 890FXA-GD70 Mobo
8GB OCZ Gold DDR3 (Will expand to 16GB eventually)
Whichever CPU I pick, probably overclocked
2TB SATA HDD
Windows 7 Home Premium
Which ever video card(s) I get
Liquid Cooling eventually

My Current Rig:
Dell Dimension 2350
1.8Ghz P4
1GB DDR
40GB HDD
250GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 1GB

Any help?

This post has been edited by Mikesshunk: Jul 2 2010, 03:55 PM

[Mikesshunk]

Thanks for the input. I bought the X4 yesterday. I don't think I'll ever need the 6 core, at least not for a while.

As for the video cards, any suggestions on a good one? I'm not concerned about brand really, as long as it plays any game I can throw at it and won't need replaced in 6 months. I'm not quite that rich, I work at McDonald's after all.

And will 750W power all of that plus a single, high end video card?

And what do you mean by "The card you have now may work as a decent PhysX card, depending on what you upgrade to."
Do you mean have two cards in the rig, used for different games or something? For reference, this is the card I have at the moment.

And you'll have to explain ganging the ram to the CPU. All sounds new to me.

Oh, and this thing should be operational by the end of the week. It'll just have my old IDE hard drive with XP Pro 32-Bit until a buy a new hard drive and OS.

I'm considering getting a SSD or a Raptor or somthing similar, but are they worth the added cost? I was thinking about just getting a small SSD just for the OS.

Thanks!

This post has been edited by Mikesshunk: Jul 3 2010, 08:42 PM