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kowashie

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Hey all, so i've had a extra 7870 laying around for awhile and i finally thought id put it to use by buying a new motherboard and PSU that can handle the crossfire.

My current setup is a
asus M5A97 LE R2.0
and a 600w thermaltake PSU (tier 5 psu i know, but i was on a budget at the time)

now my question is.. when i upgrade the motherboard will i have to completely re-install Windows 7 home premium? or just re-submit my product Code and bind it to the new motherboard.
Id rather not lose all my programs/games/files ect..

Also i have a FX 6300 CPU (oc to 4.3ghz)
will this bottleneck the setup at all or should i be good with that, and what kind of increase in FPS do you think ill get in games? thanks for your help!
 
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Tradesman1

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Chances are good, Win will set itself up to the new mobo, will want to then load all the latest drivers for new mobo, next run a good registry cleaner (Wise has a free version of theirs that works well), then more than likely Win will want to be re-activated (no big deal)
 
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getochkn

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Depends on what MB you upgrade too. Usually drivers and other things conflict and won't let a new motherboard boot properly and you'll have to reinstall.

With that said, I went from a M5A97 evo r2.0 to asus m5a99x evo r2.0 and it booted fine. Didn't have to do a thing. That's rare though, usually a reinstall is warranted but I think the boards are very similar besides the 970 to 99x chipset.
 
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Dark Lord of Tech

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Your choices for the 9590:

ASRock 990FX Extreme9
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7
MSI 990FXA-GD80V2

AMD.COM

Warning: This power draw of this CPU is almost twice that of the average CPU. Due to this, AMD recommends using at minimum a 1000W power supply. For cooling, AMD recommends using either either closed loop liquid cooling or full system liquid cooling.
 
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kowashie

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right now i could buy the CPU ( 4690k ) and the Motherboard as long as it doesn't exceed $150
And next week i could get the better PSU and setup my crossfire! :) which mobo would you guys recommend? thanks for all the input thus far.
 
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kowashie

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I was looking at that board.. but something came to mind was that its the same as the one i have now.. in terms of PCIE slots.. 1 3.0 16x and 2.0 4x. Any other suggested that will crossfire well?
 
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Thanks i was actually looking at those boards! thanks so much for your guy's help. I just placed my order and they should be here with in the week! ill be sure to post another forum if i cant get it working still! thanks so much
 
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