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beauknowsdiddly

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Hello Everyone!
So I'm building a gaming computer. Considering a MD FX-9370 Black Edition Processor- 8 Core, 4.4GHz - 8MB Cache - Socket AM3+ - Unlocked - FD9370FHHKWOF. With the MSI 990FXA-GD65 V2 AMD 990FX Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX+SB950 Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.), 6x SATA III Ports, LAN, USB 3.0, RAID.

I'm thinking about getting the Sapphire Dual-X Radeon R9 270 Video Card - 2GB DDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16), Overclocked - Model #11220-00-20G.

I've only ever used NVIDIA. Could you guys recommend an NVIDIA card as good as, or better than that one? Compatable with that board?
 
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I would yes. AMD has Mantle, a much better Price/Performance, and the benefit of having both new consoles being AMD. If money isn't a huge concern, the 290x in my sig is worth it. If not your best bet is the 280x version, still a very good card
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As good is: 760
Better than: anything above the 760

IMO for a gaming computer that cpu is way way overkill for such mid range GFX. You'd be looking at atleast an r9 280 - r9 280x to properly compliment that setup.
 
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So you would recommend Radeon over NVIDIA? And I would certaninly want to compliment my CPU :)

 
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I would yes. AMD has Mantle, a much better Price/Performance, and the benefit of having both new consoles being AMD. If money isn't a huge concern, the 290x in my sig is worth it. If not your best bet is the 280x version, still a very good card
 
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you should spent less on the cpu and spent more on the gpu like an example: Buying an fx 8320 and overclocking it to 4.4 and get an r9 280x or a gtx 770 and you will have better performance on games
 
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R9 280x and 760 aren't in the same tier. The setup he provided is some good future proofing too. Overclocking a 8320 will only reduce the life span and you won't get exactly the same performance. The 8350 is actually an Underclocked 9370 (so I read) but you still have the room with the 9370 to overclock even further.
 
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Well thanks Dirty! Considering I already bought the FX-9370, I guess I'm stuck there. But the 280x will be okay though? Hmmm Tiger Direct just told me that board only handles 8 GB RAM. I read that 16GB would be better so I guess I'll need a different board? What do you think?
 
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LOL my mistake i thought i typed 770 xD
 
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