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These are a few quotes from a post I found on Newegg that might help. "Pros: Can't ask for much better for this price. It's a great all around budget-oriented CPU: heavy multitasking, multimedia, gaming, video encoding/transcoding, file compression, virtual machines -- can't go wrong. You can...

The case shouldnt matter, my back panel sticks out about the same because of the cables, wish I would have gone modular... but its fine. Not sure why you got the blue screen, but if windows seems to be running fine, then it probably is. Your system seems to be running fine, so basically it...

Basically by overclocking, you probably dont need to turn off the throttling, this will just eliminate the chance that its dropping frames because of cpu fluctuations. There are options in windows power profile settings to stop the clock from dropping as well, you can set it be 100% at all...

I had a similar situation a few years back. My first real build had a X4 975 and a 6850, and it worked pretty well for a few years because I mostly just played wow and I didnt really care about maxing it out. Most other games played pretty well, but I mostly played those on 360 anyway. After I...

I'll give that a try, but I dont really think thats the problem as when I shut down windows shuts down completely but the computer itself stays on. All the fans stay on, and I can open and close the dvd drive. Ill try that though, Ill try just about anything now.

I could really use some help here. Recently when I try to shut down my computer it will not shut off completely, instead it goes through the windows is shutting down process and the monitor turns off, but the computer keeps running. I have to hold down the power button to shut it down...

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Well, thank you both very much for your responses. You were very helpful, I think I may just have to stick with my current cpu and put that money elsewhere. If anyone else has anything to add, all suggestions and info are welcome.

Dang, well, right now I have an X4 975 with a stable oc of 4.0. I am planning to get a 7970 Lightning, and I didnt want my cpu to be a bottleneck when I play games. Basically I want o get the best gaming experience possible, will my current cpu be an issue? Otherwise, Ill have to get a new...

This may sound like a dumb question, but I need to know for sure if this will or will not work. I'm about to upgrade my pc and Im really interested in the FX-4300 Vishera cpu, but it occured to me that my 890FX Deluxe4 motherboard is a few years old and it may not work. When I looked at the...