Need upgrades for Gaming pc (GPU)

Elmerdotme

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Specs now:
5800k 3.8 GHZ stock cooler
AMD 6670
Gigabyte GA-F2A75-D3H

For the 5800K i will get the Cooler Master: Hyper 212 EVO so i can overclock it to 4.3-4.5 GHZ

Now i would like to have a faster graphics card in the price range of +/- €400 that will for on the PCI-e x16 slot or should i go for a new Mobo and GPU with the PCI-e 2.0/3.0?
Buying will happen next month, live in the Netherlands.
Gaming pc will be mostly used for Planetside 2, and yes, i know that game is hard on the CPU.

Also i have 2 screens (1920-1080) one HDMI in the Mobo and one in the GPU, will that still be possible?

Thanks in Advance.
 
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Yea your PSU will do... Your Motherboard is perfectly fine, it does have a PCI-e 2.0 port... PCI-e express x16 slot are same thing...the x16 shows the size of the card it can accommodate.. The R9 290 uses x16 slots only.. Don't worry about PCI-e 3.0 .. Almost none of the and mobo have them..

GamerDrone

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Which PSU do you have ?If you have a 750w PSU, Go with a R9 290, the new R9 290 based on the latest Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture from AMD, the card is being heralded as the ultimate GPU for a new era in PC gaming.. It will cost around £326.60 -- (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-512-Bit-GDDR5-Retail-Graphics/dp/B00G5T1P1I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1385535114&sr=8-2&keywords=R9+290).. It will support both your monitors ..

The A10-5800k can bottleneck you GPU a bit, but if you overclock it then the bottleneck will be almost completely negligible and you wont feel a thing !!
 

Elmerdotme

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PSU = MS-tech MS-850N ATX (850W)

That should do right?
Also will the R9 290 work on the PCI slot on my Motherboard (Gigabyte GA-F2A75-D3H has a PCI-e x16) Not PCI-e 2.0 or 3.0)
If not, which Motherboard would do?

Thanks for the answer.
 

GamerDrone

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Yea your PSU will do... Your Motherboard is perfectly fine, it does have a PCI-e 2.0 port... PCI-e express x16 slot are same thing...the x16 shows the size of the card it can accommodate.. The R9 290 uses x16 slots only.. Don't worry about PCI-e 3.0 .. Almost none of the and mobo have them..
 
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Elmerdotme

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Thanks for your help!