Phenom II X2 550 BE

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As Yoda might say, a good power supply you need. Skimp not.

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I plan to buy the chip first, but hope it does no damage by any overloading.

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unfortunately my board goes to 89 watts. I guess I will stick with the Athlon II X4.

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I bought a Phenom II X2 555 and was able to unlock the extra cores with an MSI 890GXM-G65. You need a Bios version of 1.2 or greater. I have the 1.6 version of the bios.

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Wow, I had a fan a while back for a amd 2800+, it was pretty big, but not that big.
I have not really looked at my temps lately. 4 cores for 88 dollars is good to me.
I have a Cooler Master Elite 342 case. I am not crazy about the heat sink size and want to upgrade to something that can handle overclocking. I wish it was cooler running and I wish I could get a 900e series Phenom instead, but my paycheck is not much these days.

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@Piru
Is that heat sink really necessary or did the owner want some peace and quiet?

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My old AMD 2800+ is a vacuum cleaner.