FX-55 and NEO2-FIR and poor performance

I just upgraded froma NEO-FIS2R using a Athlon 64 3200+ to a NEO2-FIR and a FX-55.
I got it all working - only after finding out that the Promise controller isn't compatiible with the old Promise controller on the NEO2-FIR.
First thing I did was do some benching - I spent over $1000 for the FX-55 and NEO2-FIR and was hoping to see some significant performance improvement.
Unfortuneately I don't see it.  I've loaded the Performance options in the BIOS, made sure that DRAM settings were SPD (I have Mushkin Black LevelII DDR3500 matched dimms - supposed to do 2-2-2-5)
Any advice at all?  I'm getting less than 5000 in 3DMark05 - and other like systems are over 6000.
If I go too agressive on memory timing the system is really unstable.
Are there known issues with the FX-55 and the NEO2-FIR?  Are there any rec'ds?
Thanks.
K8T NEO2-FIR - 3.2 AMI BIOS
AMD Athlon FX-55 (2600 - no overclocking at all)
2X Mushkin 512MB PC3500 CL2 - Black Hi Perf Level II
ThermalRight XP-120 with Thermaltake A2018 (38.6~93.7CFM - 17dBA~46.5dBA)
PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 510w Deluxe
  +5V @ 40A  (1%)
   +12V @ 34A, 38A pk (1%)
   +3.3V @ 30A (1%)
   -5V @ 0.3A (5%)
   -12V @ 2A (5%)
   Ripple: 1%
   power
ATI RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition
Creative Labs: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
2X Western Digital SATA Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM - RAID0 onboard VIA8237 SATA
2X Western Digital SATA CaviarSE 120GB 7200RPM - RAID0 onboard Promise 20579 SATA
Plextor 708/A CD-R/W DVD+-/R RW (1.07 firmware)
Windows XP SP2

Have you run any program to test the cpu at 100% like super PI or the like?
People just dont understand 3Dmark is a Graphics benchmark and a synthetic one at that. CPU tests in 3dmark account for so little and there are so many variables that can affect the test like drivers, OS, BIOS settings, programs in the background that  I dont consider 3dmark a  worthy benchmark for machine power except for GPU performance.
Use something else like SUper PI, or Sandra, to see how much Horseporwer your machine really has.
Jorge

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