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Darkprime22

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I want to upgrade my pc. I currently have 2 options however I'm not sure which option I should choose. I can ether put down my entire budget of $400 on a FX 6300 and a R7 260X or I can keep my current GPU the sapphire hd 6870 and get the fx 8350. Any thoughts?

My current set up is.

FX 4100. @ 4.2ghz
Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3
8GB ram
2 1TB hard dries.
HD 6870.
450W antec PSU.

 
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maddogfargo
Upgrade in this order:

#1 = PSU <- Absolutely, positively, a MUST UPGRADE item. 450w is barely enough for your current setup.
#2 = CPU <- this would bottleneck most modern midrange or higher GPUs
#3 = GPU

Your motherboard is actually a very good pick for an FX 8320 or 8350 as long as it is a Rev 1.0 or 1.1 or 4.0 or any 990FXA-UD3 with the bigger northbridge heatsink. (* Points at my sig specs below *) There was one revision of that board with a flatter northbridge heatsink near the CPU (* looks similar to the flat southbridge heatsink near the SATA ports) that had overheating issues. As long as you don't have that version you're good.

It also has 2x16x PCIe slots that WILL run at 16x with 2 GPUs. So crossfire is an option...
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maddogfargo

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Upgrade in this order:

#1 = PSU <- Absolutely, positively, a MUST UPGRADE item. 450w is barely enough for your current setup.
#2 = CPU <- this would bottleneck most modern midrange or higher GPUs
#3 = GPU

Your motherboard is actually a very good pick for an FX 8320 or 8350 as long as it is a Rev 1.0 or 1.1 or 4.0 or any 990FXA-UD3 with the bigger northbridge heatsink. (* Points at my sig specs below *) There was one revision of that board with a flatter northbridge heatsink near the CPU (* looks similar to the flat southbridge heatsink near the SATA ports) that had overheating issues. As long as you don't have that version you're good.

It also has 2x16x PCIe slots that WILL run at 16x with 2 GPUs. So crossfire is an option later if your GPU budget is limited now. But I would recommend 1 really good GPU over 2 lesser in crossfire if at all possible.

If your RAM is DDR3 1600 or 1866 that's also fine.

If you get an 8 core CPU, get an aftermarket cooler as well. The stock cooler is barely able to keep temps under control at stock speeds so forget overclocking with the stock cooler.
 
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BnG

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Why would you upgrade to a 260x if the 6870 is faster? ^^. You should upgrade to a GTX 760 and try to OC your CPU. The 760 + fx 4300 alone will bottleneck a bit, but if you OC the CPU you should be more than fine. The gtx 760 will be able to run games like BF4 on ultra etc... For OCing make sure you have an aftermarket cooler to keep temperatures as low as possible (cooler master hyper 212 evo is a very good one).
Ones you decide it is time for another upgrade, upgrade the CPU to an fx 8350/similar / intel version! =)

EDIT: I see your PSU now, first upgrade that one as it won't be able to handle the 760 ! 400$ should get you both the 760 + new PSU. For the 760 models, take Asus or Gigabyte. Gigabyte if you want the best OC.

PS: The 760 is about 230-250$. PSU +- 60-100$ depending on the brand. You should be more than fine with a 600w 80+ bronze/ higher PSU from a reliable brand.
 
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