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Hy guys again. I have another question :D. Is it worth, to buy an aftermarket cooler, and oc my cpu to 4.2 GHZ, or is better to save some money for a GPU upgrade. I wanna buy an Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, or an Sapphire R9 270X. Which one is better for my system? I m also interested if i buy both of them, will i see performance increase in the upcomming games?
My specs:

CPU: ATHLON II X4 750K (stock)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI FM2A55M-E33
GPU: ASUS R7 260X 1GB OC VERSIOn
HARDDRIVE: 1 TB Seagate
MEMORY: 6GB KINGSTON (1X4 + 1X2) 1333MHZ
PSU: 650W INTERTECH COMBAT (82% EFFICIENCY)

 
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I would add the 212 EVO cooler, replacing your gpu to get a one slightly faster isn't worth it unless you can get a good deal on your current GPU used.

I would atleast upgrade to a R9 280 if i where you, not just "slightly faster".

Overclocking the CPU a little and getting a 212 EVO that would fit any setup you might upgrade to later on is probably the way to go.

So either:
1: But the 212 EVO and overclock the CPU a little, then you have a good CPU cooler if you ever upgrade the CPU.
2:wait and get a R9 280 for a acceptable-ish leap in upgrade.

Hope this helped! :)
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I would add the 212 EVO cooler, replacing your gpu to get a one slightly faster isn't worth it unless you can get a good deal on your current GPU used.

I would atleast upgrade to a R9 280 if i where you, not just "slightly faster".

Overclocking the CPU a little and getting a 212 EVO that would fit any setup you might upgrade to later on is probably the way to go.

So either:
1: But the 212 EVO and overclock the CPU a little, then you have a good CPU cooler if you ever upgrade the CPU.
2:wait and get a R9 280 for a acceptable-ish leap in upgrade.

Hope this helped! :)
 
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Giorgio93

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Okay then. So i ve decided to buy the hyper 212 evo! :D. Also, if i save some money for the r9 280, will my CPU at 4.2 GHZ bottleneck it hard? Or it will be just a neligible bottleneck?
 
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neligible bottleneck in most games, some wouldn't bottleneck at all and something like BF4 multiplayer could really bottheneck (if you're NOT using AMD Mantle which you lighten the load in BF4)
 
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