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I intend on purchasing an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T when they are available. I need advice on choosing a compatible motherboard and other devices to pair with this chip. I am moving from an Intel Duo Core 2. My first home-built system was an Athlon 1800+ some years ago. I thought I would have more processor power if I moved to an Intel chip. It is old technology now, and I am wanting to upgrade. Intel has lost it's mind with it's Core I7 pricing scheme, so I am interested in the new X6 chips from AMD. My computing focus is not on gaming, but on heavy application use. Please suggest to me motherboards (with or without graphics), graphics card and memory to use for this purpose. I intend to use one SSD HD for my op sys and programs, and one WD 2T HD for data. Also, please suggest memory sticks for performance. Thanks for any advice or recommendations. Chowboy

What's your budget and what applications do you use?

You could do something like:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128415
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231193 x 2 for 8GB of RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102854

Keep in mind that the 890FX chipset is around the bend so if you want a more future resistant motherboard go with either the 890GX or FX chipsets (when it comes out). one thing you should beware of is support for the new Phenom II x6 cpus, my motherboard didn't have a bios upgrade for them while other motherboards did, so which ever motherboard you decide on you should go to the manufactures main site and check for Cpu compatibility this is also a good place to go to find compatible memory sticks too. Graphics is entirely up to you, just make sure you have a big enough powersupply with high amperage on the +12v rail.