- Aug 15, 2013
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Helping a friend with his computer build, but wanted to get some other opinions due to my unfamiliarity with older card benchmarks. I built/helped upgrade his rig myself so I'm fairly familiar with it. His current specs are:
AMD FX8350
MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2 motherboard
16GB Kingston HyperX T1 RAM
GeForce GTX 460 1GB in SLI.
700W Thermaltake 80+ Bronze powersupply.
Price Range: $150-$250, maybe up to $300.
Usage: Exclusively gaming with a Single monitor @ 1920x1080p.
Part Preferences: I've preferred nVidia for a long time, but he's has no preference. Any suggestions from the Green or Red camp are more than welcome. Case is a mid tower Coolermaster HAF, even thought he SLI setup is a tad cramped it hasn't shown any heating issues. Preference for EVGA ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte graphics card vendors. Not familiar with best AMD vendors, so open to suggestions from that side of the fence.
Overclocking: No
Future SLI/Crossfire: Maybe
Plays most things fine, but it's starting to show a little long in the tooth on those graphics cards. he wants to boost performance at 1080p, so I suggested a single GTX760 for a possible slight boost from where he's at now, with the option of a second GTX760 later down the road, or save a bit extra and get a 770.
Any other suggestions/opinions would be appreciated.
AMD FX8350
MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2 motherboard
16GB Kingston HyperX T1 RAM
GeForce GTX 460 1GB in SLI.
700W Thermaltake 80+ Bronze powersupply.
Price Range: $150-$250, maybe up to $300.
Usage: Exclusively gaming with a Single monitor @ 1920x1080p.
Part Preferences: I've preferred nVidia for a long time, but he's has no preference. Any suggestions from the Green or Red camp are more than welcome. Case is a mid tower Coolermaster HAF, even thought he SLI setup is a tad cramped it hasn't shown any heating issues. Preference for EVGA ASUS, MSI, and Gigabyte graphics card vendors. Not familiar with best AMD vendors, so open to suggestions from that side of the fence.
Overclocking: No
Future SLI/Crossfire: Maybe
Plays most things fine, but it's starting to show a little long in the tooth on those graphics cards. he wants to boost performance at 1080p, so I suggested a single GTX760 for a possible slight boost from where he's at now, with the option of a second GTX760 later down the road, or save a bit extra and get a 770.
Any other suggestions/opinions would be appreciated.
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