New system, will this work?

[motojoe04]

I want to build this machine, I already have a HDD, dvd drive.

AZZA Hurrican 2000 CSAZ-2000 Black SECC Japanese Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

2x GIGABYTE GV-R695OC-1GD Radeon HD 6950 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP in crossfire

COUGAR CMX 1000 COUGAR-1000CMX 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC

AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CORSAIR H80 (CWCH80) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Win 7 64bit home premium

Im jsut curious because the GPU's are for pci express 2.1 and the mobo is only express 2.0.
Just want to make sure that this will all work.

 

[Outlander_04]

That would work

but you should not build it .

Use am AM3+ motherboard with a 970 or 990 series chipset so you can upgrade to future processors .
Buy the 955 phenom and overclock it to 975 speeds and beyond .

Make sure your RAM is 1.5 volt .

PCI-e slots are backward compatible . You have no worries there


The psu is probably junk . Never even heard of cougar .
Corsair , antec, seasonic , enermax all good . You need about 750 watts , maybe 850

Then you are set

 

[motojoe04]

u think 650 can handle both cards?

 

[motojoe04]

and what do u meen i shouldn't build it?

 

[motojoe04]

will the AM3 processor work on the AM3+ board?

 

[jonnycatz1990]

Yes AM3 will work on AM3+.. Outlander told you all you need.

 

[beenthere]

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