- May 29, 2014
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Hey everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my first rig in the next several months (made several mistakes with choosing the components which I haven't realized back when making it) my current rig is:
i5 4670 (arctic freezer 7 rev 2 cooler)
Gigabyte r9 270x WF3
Seasonic 500W ECO
Gigabyte ga-h87m-hd3
Corsair XMS3 1600mhz CL11
Corsair carbide 200r
Samsung 840 evo 120gb
Western digital caviar blue 1TB 7200RPM
Currently playing at 1080p, might want to upgrade in the future but not soon.
What I want to do is:
1) Sell my r9 270x & grab an r9 290, the msi gaming version is the cheapest here by a fair amount of money, costs 555$ or get a used Gigabyte WF3 version with 26-30 months of warranty (instead of the full 36 months) for about 370$. Or grab another r9 270x either a new one for 265$ or a used one for about 190$ (with perhaps 32-34 months of warranty).
2) upgrade my psu to seasonic M12ii 850W bronze, costs 175$ here (the difference between that and the 750w one from the same series is minimal and it leaves room for even further future upgrade like crossfire & it's modular which I like it), wanted to also get an opinion about that psu quality level since it's fairly cheap for a 850w psu (and sell mine).
3) Upgrade my motherboard to Z97X-SLI which will allow me to CF (16X & 8X connections), costs 190$ here (and sell mine). Obviously if i'll get the 290 I won't have to upgrade it first, I could leave it for a long time until I decide to go for higher res (if I will).
What I wanted to ask is if the motherboard & PSU I thought about getting are good enough and if not what would you suggest me to get? And what would you do regarding the gpu, get another R9 270X & Crossfire or just get an R9 290, the R9 270x costs less than half of the R9 290 here, at least when it's new. The 270x crossfire crushes a single 290 at 1080p, I saw benchmarks in which it had a 20% advantage or slightly more when compared to it, which means it's equal/a bit faster than a single 780 TI which costs 860$ here, that's a real bang for buck but I'll be limited with the res upgrading.
i5 4670 (arctic freezer 7 rev 2 cooler)
Gigabyte r9 270x WF3
Seasonic 500W ECO
Gigabyte ga-h87m-hd3
Corsair XMS3 1600mhz CL11
Corsair carbide 200r
Samsung 840 evo 120gb
Western digital caviar blue 1TB 7200RPM
Currently playing at 1080p, might want to upgrade in the future but not soon.
What I want to do is:
1) Sell my r9 270x & grab an r9 290, the msi gaming version is the cheapest here by a fair amount of money, costs 555$ or get a used Gigabyte WF3 version with 26-30 months of warranty (instead of the full 36 months) for about 370$. Or grab another r9 270x either a new one for 265$ or a used one for about 190$ (with perhaps 32-34 months of warranty).
2) upgrade my psu to seasonic M12ii 850W bronze, costs 175$ here (the difference between that and the 750w one from the same series is minimal and it leaves room for even further future upgrade like crossfire & it's modular which I like it), wanted to also get an opinion about that psu quality level since it's fairly cheap for a 850w psu (and sell mine).
3) Upgrade my motherboard to Z97X-SLI which will allow me to CF (16X & 8X connections), costs 190$ here (and sell mine). Obviously if i'll get the 290 I won't have to upgrade it first, I could leave it for a long time until I decide to go for higher res (if I will).
What I wanted to ask is if the motherboard & PSU I thought about getting are good enough and if not what would you suggest me to get? And what would you do regarding the gpu, get another R9 270X & Crossfire or just get an R9 290, the R9 270x costs less than half of the R9 290 here, at least when it's new. The 270x crossfire crushes a single 290 at 1080p, I saw benchmarks in which it had a 20% advantage or slightly more when compared to it, which means it's equal/a bit faster than a single 780 TI which costs 860$ here, that's a real bang for buck but I'll be limited with the res upgrading.
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