Converting AMD rig to Intel

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About fed up with AMD, my phenom 2 955 @ 3.9ghz doesn't seem to be getting the most out of my new 6950 2gb unlocked to 6970.

Current System:

Case - Thermaltake v3
Motherboard: Gigabye GA-770T-D3L
PSU - Coolermaster GX650w
CPU: AMD Phenom 2 955 @ 3.9ghz
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600mhz 9-9-9-24-1T
GPU: Sapphire 6950 Dual Fan unlocked to 6970 shaders and clocks
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500gb

Would I be able to use all the other parts and just buy these items:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-368-IN

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-198-MS

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD

Thanks in advance.
 
In BF3 with everything ULTRA and MSAA turned off I am still getting slowdowns to low 20's fps. I've seen some benchmarks and systems with i5 2500k at 4+ ghz seem to get around 10-30 more fps using the same GPU in different games.
 
Ready to admit we were right about AMD? ;)

Looks ok bud. That mobo says Xfire support but i'd double check it does both lanes at X8. Surely for a lil more you could find a Xfire and SLI capable mobo. Unless dual carding is of zero interest to you.
 
Really? I've never seen my FPS drop below 30 on my 955 chip with GTX 570. I've overclocked my CPU-NB aswel though.
 
My CPU NB is at 2600mhz, and generally the GTX 570 does better in BF3 as nvidia have done well with the drivers, I upgraded from a gtx460 1gb which was overclocked and believe it or not I'm hardly noticing any performance gain in BF3.
 
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My CPU NB is at 2600mhz, and generally the GTX 570 does better in BF3 as nvidia have done well with the drivers, I upgraded from a gtx460 1gb which was overclocked and believe it or not I'm hardly noticing any performance gain in BF3.
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Hmm odd, thats what my cpu-nb is at too. Whats your voltage at for both?


Also whats your card clocked at? Temps?
 
I've ran heaven benchmark and I'm getting the same scores as some 6970's so the card seems fine. It's only BF3 where I am noticing it, maybe it works better with the Intel/Nvidia combo?
 
Voltage is 1.4v for 3.9ghz, CPU/NB voltage is 1.25v. Card is at the 6970 clocks of 880/1375 and temps never go above 60c.
 
Seems kinda strange, I though BF3 is GPU-bound, and any decent CPU should work.

What cooler and what temps you have? The CPU maybe throttling back due to excess heat. Although you got it to 3.9 so it looks like you know what you are doing.

EDIT : Just read the last comment, but 60C is HOT for AMDs. Intel 'HOT' is 80C, but 60C is the recommended limit for AMD Phenom II's. If you hit that, you're potentially overheating.
 
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Hmm i'm not sure then, you shouldn't be bottlenecking i wouldn't have thought like olivier said it's a more gpu intensive game.

The overclock i had my on my card was stable in heaven but after an hour in bf3 i got BSOD's!!! Upped the voltage and all was fine so maybe upping the voltage slightly on your card might help it?
 
I've played BF3 for hours without a crash so I doubt it would be voltage and fps in other games is fine. Maybe I just expected too much from the card. Only paid just over £200 so can't really expect it to max one of the most intensive games.
 
done almost the exact same as u mate. swapped out my amd for an i5 on the same msi board.
with a antec khular 620 at 4ghz i get about 30 idle 58 on prime.

only thing with the board is u cant set the voltage in increments only 3 set values and auto. but still managed 4 ghz without really trying.
 
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