Yes, I guess I do mean Phenom. Sorry.

I'll check on my CPU usage when they are fired up tonight.

I definitely agree and believe it's a band-aid solution, it's just all I can really do at this point in time. Trust me, I would love to be looking at more but that's just not realistic. I'm really just trying to get a few more FPS, nothing outrageous, just a few more.

It does appear a lot of what I'm looking at has a 450 Watt recommendation. How strict is that considering I have a 350?

Thank you for the response and info Fenril.