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Squilliam said:

epsilon72 said:

 

 

I thought that Phenom 9850's were 125w? The 9850BE would be a possible upgrade option for me in the future once its price comes down. SLI support looks to be really bad on the current AMD boards; I think I'll just go with a single slot board, probably something like that 780 board with onboard video in the post above. A side note: Quake Wars still has spikes that max out my CPU at 2.5! This is one demanding game, CPU wise.

 

Ok you're right about the wattage but there are some compatibility issues, im not sure which boards were compatible and which ones even that you could overclock on. The initial designs did not call for 125w so there are a few boards that do not reach spec. You can blow up the board if you use the wrong one. Its late, i'll see if I can find a list of boards you can upgrade with at a later time for you, hopefully ones that can overclock anyway if you're interested.

Yeah, that would be really nice, I'd appreciate it.  I remember reading about higher end Phenom compatibility problems as well, but I assumed that with an up-to-date board there would not be any problems. 

Blow up a board?  Sounds fun.