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May 11, 2014 12:45:39 PM

Currently play a few games on this PC, Crysis 3 is playable but the pc sounds like a jet engine ! also edit large RAW files with Photoshop and other similar software.

Current set up:
Microsoft Windows 7 64
ASUS M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3 motherboard
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 B55 Processor @ 3800 to 4000 MHz (none stock push/pull air cooler)
ATI Radeon HD 5770
4 x 2gb Kingston DDR3 @ 1600MHz
WD 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Caviar Black Hard Drive
Cooler Master 500W PSU

Would the current motherboard take a newer GPU card or would there be bios issues etc? Will the cheap PSU hold out?

I realise that the GPU may be held back by the current CPU, but may do a complete rebuild later in the year based on a i5-4670K Processor or AMD FX8350/ AMD FX-8320

So want a graphic card which is somewhat future proof, these are the cards currently on my list

Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270X OC 2GB GDDR5 (£145.00)
Sapphire R9 270X 2GB Toxic 1100MHz GDDR 5 (£160.00)
Asus Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 (£170.00)

Any help much appreciated


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May 11, 2014 1:22:00 PM

your bootleneck from you cpu ram speed this motherboard could support faster cpu speed http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A89GTD_PROUSB3/HelpD... so adding to the new gpu will be a cpu and maybe another psu if your dont have all the needed power for the system http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/produc...
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May 11, 2014 1:28:44 PM

Thanks Scout, the bios support for a Fx CPU on the M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3 is beta only and may have a few issues ?
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May 11, 2014 1:31:30 PM

i seen it but you could get one of those phenom 11 cpu .
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May 11, 2014 1:45:41 PM

that could work ,send a private message to dale196 to find out how it goes then you will be able to made the last move on that system .
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