Amd fx 4170 or phenom 2

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IM going to be doing some big upgrades by next weekend and neeed to know what u guys think about the fx 4170 or should i just stick with a phenom 965 BE

Heres what i plan on putting in my old coolder master

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128514
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144

Im going to have SLI gtx 550 ti's for the time being till one dies or something her are the 2 i already own

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133431


so yea please tell me what u think about the cpu
 

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I would keep the Phenom II. Unless you're working on one of the few programs where Bulldozer actually does half decent I wouldn't bother with it. In most cases the Phenom II will give better performance.