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Building first amd comp, need feedback

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SStar269

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Jan 10, 2006
ok, this is the first amd comp i will be building. i just need some feedback and tell me the pros and cons of it, if someone will be kind and do so. Also take in mind i only really play games. Mainly Dod source, and Counterstrike:source. I encode some movies now and then, but gaming is my main priority. so here it is

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811144151 (my case, looks cute :)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131524 ( I've never used asus, always been msi guy. but i hear asus is better for overclocking so i picked this board, plus it has the 2sli slots i will eventually be using)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814130256 ( have a friend who has this card says it works well with the games i'm wanting to run, other than that, i dont know.)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103497 ( i was lost on what processor to go with, i didnt know if i should try the X2 processors, but i thought i read somewhere here that the X2 processors arent very good for gaming, and thats why i chose this one, i dont know much at all about amd processors though. will this one be fine for gaming? i was reading some, and i saw some people mentioning the opteron for gaming. anyone shed some light on this for me?)

I already have a good psu to use for this system, aswell as 2gigs of ocz ram waiting on it. any corrections or suggestions anyone can make? anyhelp is apprciated.
 
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well if you got an opty like the 165 it would be dual core, have twice the l2 cache,you can oc it to at least 2.7ghz and it would be a bit cheeper. mine works perfecr for games. i play alot of cod2 and aoe3. also if you really want to get a good overclock i would get a dfi.
 
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