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clutchtime

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Hey Guys needed ur help once again.
My first time building my own rig , so far have come up with :
CPU:AMD FX-8350 BLACK EDITION
MOBO:ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX OR CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z
GPU:NVIDIA GTX670
RAM:CORSAIR VENGANCE 16GB 1600MHz

needed ur help in deciding:
Which MOBO to use?(either of the two)
What PSU to use?(im thinking around 650W, open for future expansion)
What CASE to go with ?(options please, cheap and expensive)
How many FANS to use?
Which card for Wi-Fi and BLUETOOTH?(The cheaper ,The better)

i already have the HDD.

Thanks for all your suggestions. :)



 
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lostgamer_03

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There is one thing I would like to know, before you proceed by doing anything.

Do your MOBO have PCI-E 3.0?

A lot of AMD MOBOs don't feature PCI-E 3.0, which will be a huge cripple in the future, when you're upgrading. We're already seeing bottlenecks with the current generation of GPUs. And as GPUs performance are only getting better, then that means the bottleneck of PCI-E 2.0 only will get wider.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/23.html - GTX 680 is 15% slower on PCI-E 2.0 than PCI-E 3.0. So, either find the right MOBO or get 7x Intel MOBOs and an Intel CPU. They all feature PCI-E 3.0.

I was finding parts for my brothers new gaming rig, when it struck me, that almost all of the AMD MOBOs didn't support PCI-E 3.0. I was building an all AMD budget rig for him, but I didn't want to limit his upgradability in the future. So Intel it is for him. :)
 
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cbrunnem

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Ummm your own link proves you wrong about PCIe 3.0. In you link the biggest difference I saw between pcie 2.0 x16 and pcie 3.0 x16 is 3% so idk where you got 15%
 
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lostgamer_03

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Look again

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http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/14#.UUzOSRxhWbw <-- Another review

"With real-world gameplay performance advantages under 10% it doesn't change the actual gameplay experience. It in no way allows us to improve in-game quality settings nor does it give us any advantages over the PCIe 2.0 system. As we've stated previously in this evaluation, the technical performance advantages are "benchmarkable" but not relating to the gameplay experience."

Right now, it's not really an issue, but it will become an issue as bandwidth on GPUs progress.
 
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