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I'm building a new PC and I have a Phenom 9500 in my current PC, Will I see a 15%+ Performance Increase with a E8400? Think of it this way- Would you rather have $200 for something else like better graphics or better ram? I was comparing the Phenom 9500 to the Q6600 on a benchmark here and there...

Its a stock clock Amd Phenom 9500 With Zalman 9700 NT as its cooler. My Graphics Card is a EVGA Super-Clocked 8800GTS 640MB Card. My motherboard has 5200 HTs.

I'll keep my power supply(May upgrade CPU, Graphics, Motherboard, and up the RAM to 16GB one day) The small increase of the hard drive upgrade won't be a problem I was looking at them earlier. My RAM Situation is right though? If I can upgrade for about $50 on the package price of 4 2GB Sticks...

Also I might be upgrading to a 8800GTX And a Q6700 Soon. If I can find the urge to pay $50 for a bit higher clock processor I probably will but I'll probably just over-clock my Q6600 to 2.6GHz with a Tuniq Tower Heatsink(If it fits on the motherboard) I need 8GB of RAM so if the ram is limiting...

This will be my first computer build. I've attached cables and applied thermal paste put processors in, etc. But will this configuration work? Newegg Wishlist Url: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=9208108&WishListTitle=2008