Jeffro isn't one of those newbie young bucks that impluse buy, he's planning this thing out like an old pro :dj:

LOL... I guess the bug bit me good!


This project may be very short lived though.... Been reading a few reviews i'm not too happy with about this chip. Most say they can't get it stable even at 3.8ghz... and I have yet to find an after market CPU cooler for it.

Well, just put it under DICE or LN2 and see what happens then?

I still got an extra DICE pot I could lend yah for a bit ;)

Might just take you up on that brotha! :D

If you are looking for an AM3 cooler you might have a problem but an AM2, AM2+ or 940 cooler should fit. As for nOObs reporting that all they can get is 3.8....Remember also that comparing ghz when referring to intel/AMD you are wasting your time. The architecture is so different between them that it really is a nonsense comparison.

I did see the Zalman 9900 will work with the AM3 but I wasn't impressed at all with the 9700 on my 9650. As for the reviews on the chip they were socalled pro reviews you know like TPU, Toms hardware which I take with a grain of salt anyways LOL... and a few others but the chip was just getting smoked by the 9550 and the i7 920. Hell... even the x4 940 was kickin it's ass in some things LOL.

But if anyone finds some good reviews on it, i'm still looking... It would sure make me feel a lot better because it's too late now to cancel the orders. But one thing i'm not worried about are the two 4870 x2 cards.... think i'm gonna like them. :D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233003

That should fit just fine, if the 955 you get is consistently beaten by a 940 than you can shuck out another $200 for a 940 and move on. It's not like an intel where a pair of EE cpu's will set you back $2500 or more...

This is true my friend! I was also looking at the Thermalright TRUE Black 120 as it also seems like it might fit.

Look at the first post! :D


Still gotta get a PSU and a good cooler before I can put her together though. Needless to say there will ne overnight shipping involved.

You can certainly put it together for testing with the stock cooler, get to it Jeff!