My new Rig

[[SoC]SmackedDown]

Well it was a parcial budget build, after buying a new GFX card then finding out my PSU took out my MB 2 hours after the new card was in.

Asus M4A785T-M/CSM (mATX not the best, built in OC)
AMD Phenom X2 550 AM3
6gb DDR3 1333mhz
PNY XLR8 GTS250 1GB DDR3
Compu Case 6Xr8 series Case with 600w PSU

All for less than $450 at local stores no online purchases.
I will put up some small Bench marks later.

[[SoC]GHOST]

Now all you need is BFBC2 to see how it all runs.

[[SoC]SmackedDown]

I will work on that next, will check before I buy to make sure everyone Is not switching to a newer game.

[[SoC]GHOST]

Well you wouldnt have to ask if you didnt wait so long.

[[SoC]Drizzt]

Well, I just picked up Chrome for $2 on Steam today. Won't be able to play until next weekend, it was a new release and has multiplayer, for those times when BF or MW get a little old.

[[SoC]SmackedDown]

Well BC2 is on sale through steam for $34, gonna beg and pleed with the wife to get it.

[borschtBomber[SS]]

Nice, have you tried to see if you can unlock any more cores on that x2? I believe some of those 550's unlock to quads.

[[SoC]SmackedDown]

Yes i am able to unlock all 4 cores, however when I booted into W7 or Server 2k3 it blue screened. I have read that this could be because of a bad core, or that i may need to reinstall the OS. I am thinking of manually unlocking cores' 3 and 4 1 at a time to see if W7 will boot and work.

[[SoC]GHOST]

If it bsod than one of the 4 is almost certainly bad. I have read allot on that in forums. Still a triple core is better than two!

[[SoC]SmackedDown]

Triple core -- cores 1. 2 . 3 number 4 bombs ...
My PC Mark Compare link .. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=14205989